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Phone Conference Call Services for Every Need and Budget

Submitted by xpedite on Thu, 2010-12-30 22:56
If you are looking for a high quality phone conference call service that will help you save money and improve communications at the same time, we have several plans available:

Flat / Fixed Rate Conferencin g offers you unlimited 24 hour access. You can talk as along as you want, anytime you want, and you only pay one flat fee per month. No long term contract and no set up fee.

Pay As You Go Conference Calling is just that -- you only pay for what you use, no more and no less. We offer both toll free and non-toll free service and are proud to offer some of the lowest rates in the industry. Reliable and available on demand -- no reservations necessary.

Toll Free Supersaver is perfect for larger users who have a good idea of how many conference minutes they use every month. You get a discounted rate and the plan is structured like a typical cell phone where you buy a certain number of minutes every month. Again, no long term contract and you can adjust it every month as your plans change.

Operator Managed Conference Calls provide the highest level of professionalism. We can call out to your conference participants and place them into the conference for you. We can also offer you professional Q&A services and other moderator functions to enable you to focus on your message.

Local Meet Me Conference Call Service is brand new! This new service offers local number access in over 84 United States cities -- perfect for churches, local organizations and other firms that need a conference bridge for local callers. Give us a call at 877-254-2424 and we'll tell you all about it. The per-minute rates are also exceptionally low!

2012 Conference Call International Dial-Out Rates with Professional Operator Assistance

Submitted by lees on Tue, 2012-05-15 13:21

Need to have our operators dial-out to your international participants to place them in an important conference? That's easy! Just give us their names and phone numbers and the time you want your conference call to start, and we'll do the rest. Here are the per minute rates for our operators to dial-out to your guests anywhere in the world.

Country	Country Code	Rate Per Minute in U.S. Currency
Afghanistan	93	0.74
Albania	355	0.36
Algeria	213	0.38
American Samoa	684	0.29
Andorra	376	0.22
Angola	244	0.41
Anguilla		0.40
Antarctica	672,240	0.57
Antiqua	268	0.38
Argentina	54	0.21
Armenia	374	0.33
Aruba	297	0.33
Ascension Island	247	0.83
Australia	61	0.21
Austria	43	0.24
Azerbaijan	994	0.40
Bahamas	242	0.26
Bahrain	973	0.42
Bangladesh	880	0.40
Barbados	246	0.37
Belarus	375	0.37
Belgium	32	0.21
Belize	501	0.42
Benin	229	0.31
Bermuda (not international)	441	0.30
Bhutan	975	0.45
Bolivia	591	0.31
Bosnia/Herzegovina	387	0.47
Botswana	267	0.37
Brazil	55	0.24
British Virgin Islands	284	0.37
Brunei	673	0.23
Bulgaria	359	0.29
Burkina Fasso	226	0.41
Burundi	257	0.42
Cambodia	855	0.57
Cameroon	237	0.48
Cape Verde Islands	238	0.59
Cayman Islands	345	0.31
Central African Rep	236	0.63
Chad Rep	235	0.74
Chile	56	0.21
China	86	0.22
Christmas & Cocos Islands	61	n/a
Columbia	57	0.29
Comoros & Mayotted Island	269	n/a
Congo, Republic of	242	0.38
Cook Islands	682	1.35
Costa Rica	506	0.28
Croatia	385	0.24
Cuba	53	1.60
Cyprus	357	0.22
Czech Rep	420	0.21
Denmark	45	0.21
Diego Garcia	246	1.55
Djibouti	253	0.68
Dominica	767	0.35
Dominican Republic	809	0.26
Ecuador	593	0.38
Egypt	20	0.46
El Salvador	503	0.30
Equatorial Guinea	240	0.52
Eritrea	291	0.60
Estonia	372	0.24
Ethiopia	251	0.63
Faeroe Islands	298	0.44
Falkland Islands	500	1.22
Fiji Islands	679	0.55
Finland	358	0.22
France	33	0.21
French Antilles	596	0.31
French Guiana	594	0.40
French Polynesia	689	0.48
Gabon Republic	241	0.35
Gambia	220	0.44
Georgia	995	0.31
Germany	49	0.21
Ghana	233	0.28
Gibraltar	350	0.25
Greece	30	0.21
Greenland	299	1.25
Grenada	473	0.37
Guadeloupe	590	0.30
Guam	671	0.24
Guatemala	502	0.33
Guinea	224	0.38
Guinea-Bissau	245	2.15
Guyana	592	0.59
Haiti	509	0.49
Honduras	504	0.68
Hong Kong	852	0.21
Hungary	36	0.21
Iceland	354	0.22
India	91	0.37
Indonesia	62	0.30
IMMARSAT - Atlantic East	871,872,873,874	14.00
International Networks	882	n/a
Iran	98	0.38
Iraq	964	0.41
Ireland	353	0.21
Israel	972	0.21
Italy	39	0.21
Ivory Coast	225	0.45
Jamaica	876	0.28
Japan	81	0.21
Jordan	962	0.42
Kazakhstan	7	0.43
Kenya	254	0.50
Kiribati	686	1.25
Korea, N. (Dem Peoples Rep)	850	0.95
Korea, S. (Republic of)	82	0.21
Korea, S. Seoul		0.62
Kuwait	965	0.31
Kyrgyzstan	731	0.34
Laos	856	0.28
Latvia	371	0.35
Lebanon	961	0.38
Lesotho	266	0.58
Liberia	231	0.59
Libya	218	0.53
Liechtenstein	75	0.24
Lithuania	370	0.29
Luxembourg	352	0.21
Macau	853	0.25
Macedonia	389	0.34
Madagascar	261	0.46
Malawi	265	0.26
Malaysia	60	0.21
Maldives Rep	960	0.53
Mali	223	0.45
Malta	356	0.36
Marisat-Atl Ocean East	871	n/a
Marisat-Atl Ocean West	874	n/a
Marisat-Indian Ocean	873	n/a
Marisat-Pacific Ocean	872	n/a
Marshall Islands	692	0.60
Mauritania, Islamic Rep	222	0.57
Mauritius	230	0.55
Mayotte Island	269	0.70
Mexico	52	0.24
Micronesia	691	0.56
Moldova	373	0.39
Monaco	377	0.22
Mongolia	976	0.27
Montserrat	664	0.42
Morocco	212	0.47
Mozambique	258	0.40
Myanmar (Formerly Burma)	95	0.75
Namibia	264	0.34
Nauru	674	1.75
Nepal	977	0.83
Netherlands	31	0.23
Nevis Island & St. Kitts	869
New Caledonia	687	0.58
New Zealand	64	0.20
Nicaragua	505	0.41
Niger Republic	227	0.47
Nigeria	234	0.28
Niue	683	1.15
Norfolk Island	672	2.30
Norway	47	0.21
Oman	968	0.49
Pakistan	92	0.47
Palau	680	0.83
Palestine	970	0.48
Panama	507	0.26
Papua New Guinea	675	1.60
Paraguay	595	0.33
Peru	51	0.29
Philippines	63	0.40
Poland	48	0.21
Portugal	351	0.21
Qatar	974	0.60
Reunion Island	262	0.82
Romania	40	0.32
Russia	7	0.30
Rwanda	250	0.41
San Marino	378	0.21
Sao Tome	239	1.40
Saudi Arabia	966	0.49
Senegal Republic	221	0.41
Serbia		0.38
Seychelles Islands	248	0.41
Sierra Leone	232	0.67
Singapore	65	0.21
Slovakia	42	0.28
Slovenia	386	0.24
Solomon Islands	677	2.35
Somalia	252	1.04
South Africa	27	0.26
Spain	34	0.21
Sri Lanka	94	0.38
St Helena	290	1.77
St Kitts/Nevis	869	0.46
St Lucia	758	0.38
St Pierre/Miqueion	508	0.44
St Vincent/Grenadines	784	0.38
Sudan	249	0.39
Suriname	597	0.50
Swaziland	268	0.48
Sweden	46	0.21
Switzerland	41	0.23
Syria	963	0.62
Taiwan	886	0.21
Tadjikistan	737, 743	0.41
Tanzania	255	0.50
Thailand	66	0.24
Togo	228	0.36
Tokelau	690	2.75
Tonga Island	676	0.55
Trinidad & Tobago	868	0.32
Tunisia	216	0.48
Turk & Caicos	649	0.38
Turkey	90	0.39
Turkmenistan	99, 736	0.41
Tuvalu	688	1.05
Uganda	256	0.35
Ukraine	380	0.32
United Arab Emirates	971	0.50
United Kingdom	44	0.21
Uruguay	598	0.31
Uzbekistan	998	0.33
Vanuatu, Republic of	678	2.15
Venezuela	58	0.21
Vietnam	84	0.49
Wallis & Futuna Island	681	2.10
Western Samoa	685	0.84
Yemen Arab Republic	967	0.47
Yugoslavia	381	n/a
Zaire	243	0.92
Zambia	260	0.30
Zimbabwe	263	0.32

Free Downloadable Conference Call Recordings Now Available

Submitted by lees on Sun, 2012-03-18 08:25
We now offer free downloadable conference call recordings. With this feature, you can record your conference at will, and then download your recordings and use them anyway you want -- you can post them to your website, forward them to your colleagues, customers or prospects, or just save your recordings to your harddrive for later use, possibly to burn to CDs.

Better yet, the service feature is free and comes bundled with the conference plan you choose. You can get toll free, non-toll free, per minute, pay-as-you-go conferencing, or you can get the unlimited flat rate conferencing plan -- whatever suits your particular needs. They all come with free downloadable conference recordings.

How do you initiate your conference recording? It's easy. As soon as you are ready to start recording, you simply press *2 on your phone keypad. Then follow the prompts. When you want to stop recording, you just press *2 again, and the system will stop recording. (Look at it as "toggling" back and forth.) Then, when you want to access your recording to listen or download, you simply go online to our Digital Podium platform (we'll send you the link) and then put in your host passcode. Then you just "Click to Download" and you're all set.

Conference recordings are becoming more important, especially in the small business and non-profit sectors. Many consulting and/or educational businesses use recordings on their websites to provide examples of their services and enable prospects to better understand what type of service or product they are considering. So recordings can be used not only to provide valuable information, but to also generate sales and revenues.

Again, this is a free service and comes bundled with the conference plan you choose. (It is not available on the local access or the pre-paid Supersaver toll free plans.) If you have any questions, please give us a call at 877-254-2424 and we'll walk you through the process. When you choose Pay As You Go, or Flat Rate conference services, you can select the feature option on the Sign Up Now order pages. We're proud to be able to provide you the latest cutting edge conference technology that will help your business or organization suceed.

International Toll Free Conference Rates for 2012

Submitted by lees on Wed, 2012-02-01 17:17

International Toll Free Conference Call

Here are the 2012 conference rates for toll free service in the following countries. Included are the actual toll free numbers people in those countries would dial to get into an international conference:

Country	Dial in Number	Cost Per Min./Per Person
Austria	080010259235	0.15
Australia	1800997805	0.17
Belgium	080050678	0.15
Brazil	08008922122	0.23
China	108001401423	0.50
Denmark	080886433	0.38
France	0800941501	0.16
Germany	08001803983	0.15
Holland	08002659019	0.16
Ireland	1800944602	0.15
Italy	800789704	0.17
Japan	00531161074	0.40
Mexico	018006819522	0.28
Poland	800781033	0.17
Russia	88001009294	0.22
South Africa	0800999092	0.50
Spain	0900800561	0.17
Sweden	200125731	0.15
Switzerland	0800121040	0.18
Taiwan	00801127242	0.24
Thailand	0018001562067069	0.26
UK	08003680590	0.15

Small Business Conference Call Services: Saving Time and Money

Submitted by lees on Tue, 2012-01-10 17:31
- Small Business Conference Call Services
Conference calling for small businesses is rapidly growing in popularity for several reasons, not the least of which is the growing mobility of small business owners and managers. With everyone within reach of a cell or smartphone, conferencing calling enables small business colleagues, associates and collaborators to meet wherever they are to discuss the latest business.

Small business operators have several choices of audio conferencing services that are both convenient and cost effective. Business owners and managers should choose a conferencing service based on three factors: Reliability, Customer Service and Affordable Rates.

Here are the top three (based on the number of users) programs small businesses use to conduct their conference calling:

Unlimited Flat Rate Conference service: This provides untimed service, so you can use it whenever and as long as you want, paying just a monthly fixed rate. Obviously, flat rate service has tremendous advantages regarding cost savings and that's why it is so popular. However, the downside is that it is NOT toll free, and conference participants must dial a long distance number to access the conference service. For many, that isn't an issue, since they get free long distance on their cell phones or bundled with their local service.

Discounted Toll Free (pre-paid) Conference service: This toll free service is modeled after cell phone plans that offer a certain number of minutes per month. This is ideal for those who have a good idea of how many conference minutes they use every month because they can pre-pay for those minutes at a substantial discount. But be careful, if you don't use the minutes, you still have to pay for them. If you go over your allotment, you just pay the regular pay-as-you-so rate.

Pay As You Go Conference service: This conference service bills you for what you use when you use it -- no more or less. It's perfect for small businesses that have sporadic and unpredictable conferencing needs and don't to commit to a certain number of minutes every month. The rates are extremely affordable and can save small business owners a substantial sum over what they would normally pay the brand name providers.

All in all, the vitality of small businesses is said to be a leading indicator of our general economy. Most of the new jobs in the future will be created by the entrepreneurial visions that fuel small business and the naton, and world, look to small businesses to lead the recovery. Because small business is more flexible and nimble in the marketplace, and owners can make decisions with being fettered by bureaucratic committees, the idea of adding conference calling to the small business culture is, as they say, a "slam dunk." It's probably the easiest and most effective way to improve productivity immediately by cutting down on physical face-to-face meetings which can drain the life blood out of small organizations efforts to boost the bottom line.

Conference calls for retail, manufacturing, non-profit, or professional offices such as engineering, legal, consultancies, or medical offices, have proven to be the gold standard when it comes to moving projects forward. If you aren't conferencing, you're not communicating, and if you aren't communicating, your small business is at a standstill. Call us today at 877-254-2424 and let us know how we can help.
Non-Profit Conference Call Services: Low Cost Conferencing for Non-Profits and Associations

Submitted by lees on Sun, 2012-01-08 22:25
Non-profits and associations can benefit greatly by using conference call services designed to improve productivity and cut expenses.

Over the years we've been able to save non-profits a considerable amount of money because they generally don't scrutinize or review their conference call expenses closely and seldom shop around for better rates. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," is a usual refrain. However, many non-profits have been using brand name services for years, never thinking that telecommunication costs have been cut substantially because of competition and overcapacity. When non-profits look at the current rates offered in the conferencing world, sometimes they are shocked at how much they can save -- usually they can cut their conferencing expenses in half, or more.

That's why it's always a good practice to review the conference rates you are paying now and look for bids or quotes from other providers. Moreover, there are additional conferncing services available today that didn't exist several years ago. For example, rather than paying more for toll free service, you may want to investigate the new "local access" conferencing which provides a local call-in number. If most of your conferees or guests are from your own city, you can cut your rates in half by just having everyone call a local number to access the conference. No long distance costs, and you save resources to apply to other areas of your budget.

There is one more important aspect that needs to be mentioned -- the time and efforts of your volunteers. Physical face-to-face meetings can kill a morning, afternoon, or evening for your volunteers. Yes, the mission is important, but they donating services away from their businesses and families. One of simple things you can do to make their lives easier is to have more conference calls that can accomplish the same results in a fraction of the time. Your volunteers will thank you for valuing their time and make their jobs more convenient.

Overall, conference call services are a key component in managing a successful non-profit organization or association. Big or small, conferencing can achieve results with your board, volunteers, sponsors, supporters or clients. Take a look at our varied conferencing services across the top of the page and choose the one that works best for your organization. We're here to help you so give us a call anytime -- there is no set-up fee and you can have your first conference call today.
Conference Calling Without Entering Passcodes or PIN Codes

Submitted by lees on Wed, 2012-01-04 15:12
It's not always necessary to enter a passcode to get into a conference call. In fact, our Direct Dial service allows you and your participants immediate access to the conference bridge without the need to enter passcodes. Nothing can be more convenient and your conference guests don't have to remember the codes. They just dial the number and you're in!

Direct Dial conferencing is billed at our everyday-low rates, plus a $30 per month fee to provide you with your own unique dial-in number. So for example, you can get unlimited usage with our Direct Dial flat rate service for 10 lines for $29 per month. If you want to include Drect Dial with that, the cost would be an additional $30 per month. In summary, for $59 per month you can get a conference bridge service that will give you unlimited usage for 10 people with no passwords or passcodes required.

Want a toll free number for everyone? No problem! Our pay-as-you-go toll free rate is just 7.9 cents per minute, per person, and you can enjoy the same Direct Dial, no passcode required, service anytime 24/7.

Give us a call and let us help you design a program that best suits your conferencing needs. Chances are, we can not only improve the quality of your service, but save you time and money as well.
Best Quality Conference Calls: High Quality Service

Submitted by lees on Sat, 2011-12-10 16:24
- Best Quality Conference Calls
We take pride in offering the best, and highest quality, conference call services at the most affordable rates available anywhere. We get many inquiries every day, particularly from people who have been using the free services, asking us if they can improve the quality of their conference calls. We use state of the art conferencing technology, and invest in the most reliable hardware and software available. Just because something is "new" doesn't make it better, so we stick to many tried-and-true methods aimed at making sure we provide reliable and high quality services.

Across the top of this page you can see a variety of different conference services that fit every need and budget. These are outsourced services -- in other words, there is no need to go to the expense of obtaining your own conference equipment which you have to install, maintain and provide staff to handle. It's much simpler, and much less expensive, than that! Without any set-up fee or up front expense, you can begin having conference calls today to collaborate with colleagues, customers, prospects or partners.

Setting up an account doesn't cost anything, and once you receive your call-in number and passcode via email, you're good to go. Most of our services, such as our popular pay-as-you-go plan, are "reservationless" so there is no need to contact us ahead of time to tell us when you plan on having a conference. On the contrary, your conference bridge is open 24/7 and you have complete access anytime you want to have a conference. The only thing you have to do is contact your conference guests and tell them when to dial in, and what passcode to use.

Some tips on how to improve the quality of your conference to insure the best service:
1) Use regular landline phones or cell phones. VOIP connections are known to have issues.
2) You can use a speaker phone, but to achieve the highest quality, just have everyone on his/her own line.
3) Use our free "live conference viewer" to isolate a call that has interference or background noises and "mute" that particular line.
4) Use our free "lecture mode" option to have only the hosts speak, and have everyone else automatically muted. That provides a great conference, especially if there is a lot of people on the call. And yes, more than one person can call in using the host passcode. (You get two passcodes with your account -- one for the hosts and one for the guests.)

On rare occasions, conference bridges will crash, like anything else that's electronic. That's why, to insure the highest level of service, we give you a "backup" number in the unlikely event your primary conference bridge goes down. Again, not very likely, but we try to be redundant and it's always safer to have everything backed up -- including all your data and computer harddrives.

Please give us a call at 877-254-2424 if you have any questions or want to set up a conference call. You'll find the process is fast, easy and simple, even if you've never had a conference call before. We excel at customer service!
How Much Does a Conference Bridge Cost?

Submitted by lees on Mon, 2011-12-05 10:32
How much does a conference bridge cost? It's a very common question and there are two easy answers, depending on your situation:

1) You don't need to buy a conference bridge to have a conference call. The cheapest and most effective way to conduct a conference call is to use a conference service on a pay-as-you-go basis that gives you access to our conference bridges which are already installed and operating. It's like buying a time-share rather than the condo. We have several plans to choose from (see the links at the top of the page for the various services.)

2) If you are looking to buy and install your own conference bridge hardware and software, you need to be a very heavy user -- at least $2000 a month in conference call expenses -- to make it worthwhile. We buy, sell and rent dedicated conference call bridges and would be happy to provide you a quote. However, please understand that 99% of all businesses and non-profits outsource their conferencing to services like 24Conference.com because it is much more cost effective and there is no need to install additoinal phone lines, sign long term maintenance contracts, hire staff to monitor and organize usage, not to mention the upfront capital costs associated with purchasing conference hardware which can run into the tens, or hundreds, of thousands of dollars.

Unless advancing technology changes the situation, our advice is to keep things simple and outsource to our service bureau. Time and time again, we've seen occasions when companies get diverted from their core mission and start spending time and money trying to internalize technology because they "want to keep it inhouse." All of a sudden, they get themselves into the conference call business, only to find out later it wasn't worth the investment. (A perfect example of this is video conferencing: Companies have spent hundreds of thousands trying to put in fancy hardware, only to find out that the trend is "desktop video" using a $25 webcam and an "in the cloud" service costing only pennies a minute.)

If you are corporate enterprise and you've made the decision to install a new inhouse conference bridge, we stand ready to assist you with your purchase or rental. However, if you are medium to small operation, we highly recommend that you continue to do what you do best, while letting us take care of your conference needs. You'll find that outsourcing not only saves you money, but the convenience and the time you save, especially with reservationless conference calling, will make your dealings and collaboration projects much more pleasant and easy.

We look forward to helping you set up the custom conferencing plan that best meets your needs and budget.
Operator Conference Call: Full Service Conference Operator Managed Calls

Submitted by lees on Sun, 2011-11-20 10:47
- Operator Conference Call
Operator conference calling provides full service management and ahead-of-time professional support for your scheduled audio conference meetings. Unlike on-demand reservationless conferencing services, operators conference calls are set up at least 24 hours in advance. You email us the names of each participant, along with their phone numbers, and our trained operators will call each person and place them into the conference.

Here is a summary of the advantages of using operator conference calling:

1) Your conferees don't have to remember to call into the conference at a certain time. In other words, they don't call us -- we call them.
2) Your conferees are not required to pay long distance costs to call into the conference. Since we call them, they pay nothing.
3) An operator can be available to service your call at anytime to manage all aspects of the call, including muting, lecture mode, and organizing Question & Answer (Q&A) sessions. This is ideal, particularly with Investor Relations calls and other conference calls that include the press.
4) Having a third-party operator call your participants provides the highest level of professional communications and enhances your organization's image and reputation. It conveys the priority and demonstrates the elevated importance you place on the call for your collaboration and presentation.
5) There are no set-up fees to organize a call and no minimum usage is required. There are also no long term contracts and you are under no obligation to continue the services. You are only charged 19 cents per minute, per user, when and if you use the service.
6) Operators can, at your command, control the conference features and options, such as muting individual callers, muting all callers except the presenters, preparing for lecture mode, introducing participants as they enter the conference, compile individual contact data such as names, organizations and email addresses, arrange for recording, transcription and translation services, and provide full reporting for call.
7) Operator managed calls (also known as operator assisted calls) can be conducted at anytime as long as they are scheduled 48 hours in advance. Calls during normal business hours can usually be arranged within 24 hours, and in some instances, can be set up with only 2 hours notice.

Overall, outsourcing operator conference calls can provide your business or organization with a convenient and professional solution to improve communications, collaboration and efficiencies. Give us a call at 877-254-2424. Setting up an account is free, easy and fast.

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