Phone and Conference Call Services


Phone and Conference Call Services

 

 

Description

Services that use Internet Telephony to reduce or eliminate the cost of conference calls

 

 

Uses and Potential Benefits

Can help organizations afford the high costs of conference calls.  Also some systems can automatically record calls and track who is in attendance and who is speaking at the time.  Example: a foundation could hold a conference call among experts to discuss a topic and use the service to record the conversation for posting to the web.

 

 

Examples of the Tool (Not exhaustive or vetted)

www.skype.com

www.freeconference.com

www.spiderphone.com

www.uberconference.com

www.strom.com/places/wc.html (This is a page with many web based conference services listed.)

 

 

References/Articles/Examples from Nonprofits and Foundations

None

 

Real Time or Time Independent?

Real Time

 

Can Start Small and Expand?

Yes

 

Time/Cost to Implement?

Low

 

Time/Cost to Maintain

Low