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Being a consultant has its challenges and conference calls can be one of them. If your company does not offer a conference line for you, or perhaps you’re a consultant or freelancer yourself, hosting conference calls can be a challenge and costly if you’re not aware of how long the call is going to be.
Thankfully there are other options. Below is a small list of some of the free conferencing utilities available on the net. Each offer their own set of unique options.
Update 2008-02-29: Rondee’s founder contacted me and wanted everyone to know:
I’ll be happy to provide a demo of Rondee to any of your readers. They can reach me at andre [at] rondeeinc [dot] com.
Andre D. Vanier
Founder, Rondee
Thanks Andre!
Free Services
- Rondee.com
- Free Services Offered:
- Scheduled Call: Conferences are scheduled ahead of time.
- Web Based Caller Management (viewable to all)
- Automated Email Invitations
- Organizer can opt to record the call and all attendee’s can download later – oh man, this would be so helpful in those situations where this happens: Client: "I never said that." You: "Um.. yes you did, I have it recorded." OH SNAP! I WIN!
- Scheduled Call: Conferences are scheduled ahead of time.
- Free Services Offered:
- FreeConference.com
- Free Services Offered:
- Web-Scheduled – Conferences are scheduled ahead of time.
- Maximum Callers: 150
- Max Length of call: 4 hours
- Automated Email Invitations
- Outlook/Lotus calendaring
- Reservationless Standard – You get a phone number to call with an access code. As many people as you want can call in and conference.
- Maximum callers: 150
- Max Length of call: 3 hours
- Web-Scheduled – Conferences are scheduled ahead of time.
- Free Services Offered:
- FreeConferenceCall.com
- Free Services Offered
- No need to schedule ahead of time.
- Available 24/7
- Up to 96 callers
- Up to 6 hours for a conference call
- Free recording
- Distribute Via RSS/Podcast
- Free Services Offered
- FreeAudioConferencing.com
- Free Services Offered
- 100 Callers per conference
- Available 24/7
- No need to schedule ahead of time
- Free Services Offered
- Freenet.com
- Free Services offered
- Available 24/7
- 100 callers per conference
- 3 Hour conference length
- Toll Free Dial in number
- Free Services offered
- InstantConference.com
- Free Services Offered
- Dedicated dial-in number and
access codes; never expires - Additional access codes available
- Free recording
- No reservations needed
- Up to 150 callers on each call
- Post call and monthly reports
- Dedicated dial-in number and
- Free Services Offered
- Foonz.com (Group calling – See site for more info)
- Free Services Offered
- Instant or scheduled calls
- Leave group messages
- Free Services Offered
- The Basement Ventures
- Free Services Offered
- 250 callers per conference
- Reservation-less, on demand calling
- MP3 Call recording
- Free Services Offered
Then there’s Mobivox. Its not really conferencing but it does allow you to call anyone in the world, FOR FREE. The only thing is, both users (caller and and receiver) must be a member of Mobivox. Not a bad deal if you ask me. You can call members via Land Lines and mobile phones. There are restrictions to locations, so check out the free section of the site here.
Hopefully this helps some of you out there who are in a bind for conference lines. 🙂