24Conference.com is a leading toll free conference call service provider
Toll free conference calling is rapidly gaining in popularity as businesses, organizations, educational institutions and non-profits gravitate toward less expensive ways to collaborate. "Spending a few dollars for a conference call can save thousands in meeting and travel costs," said Lee Simonson, partner at 24Conference.com ( http://www.24Conference.com )
"Compared to ten years ago, clients have many more options in implementing conference solutions for their organizations. Most importantly, there is no longer any need to buy expensive hardware or software -- today, outsourced services are ruling the conferencing world," said Simonson. "It's just much less expensive to have an outside company handle your conferencing. From a user's point of view, there's no difference, except that the accounting office will notice a dramatic decrease in maintenance costs."
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24Conference.com is a full service conference company enabling customers to set up conference service online, without any start up costs or long term contracts. It offers an array of different services aimed at addressing the needs of both large and small organizations. Customers have their choice of both toll and non-toll free service, pay-as-you-go, flat rate and operator assisted conferencing services.
"Our toll free option is becoming very popular because we offer a couple of different payment plans," said Simonson. The "Toll Free Supersaver Plan" is based on a cell phone model so you can get a fixed number of discounted minutes every month for a flat rate. On the other hand, if you are looking for an occasional pay-as-you-go service and just want to pay for what you use, that's available too."
New customers sign up for the toll free conference service and are assigned an access number and passcodes. Users can call the toll free number anywhere in the United States and Canada and then key in their passcodes. The conference hosts use one passcode, and the conference guests use the other. That way, hosts can control the conference and use various keypad codes that enable them to have moderator capabilities. For example, hosts can mute the participants and go to "lecture mode" if a few people are talking and it is desired to eliminate the background noise from the participate calls. Hosts can toggle back and forth from muting to opening the conference up to everyone. There are other commands as well, including volume control and securing the conference and not permitting others to join.
There are several reasons why businesses and organizations are using toll free conferencing services, including:
1) No set up fee or long term contract.
2) Available 24/7 without making reservations. Can be accessed at anytime from anywhere.
3) Adds professionalism and convenience, especially with sales prospects or outside associates. (Why have a sales prospect go to the expense of calling a long distance
Toll free pay-as-you-go conference service is ideal for those who want an "always on" conference bridge but are not heavy users. You only pay for what you use, when you use it, no more or less. Rates for toll free service have gone down about 80% in the past 10 years due to competition in the telecommunications industry.
"Overall," said Simonson, "toll free conferencing is being embraced as the collaborative medium of choice, especially with the dramatic increase of small businesses who have adopted conference calling as the preferred way to discuss events, ongoing projects and focused sales efforts. It's is a fraction of the cost of travel, more more convenient than physically meeting, and is dramatically more productive."
