Phone conferencing services

[SarcasticDwarf]

Apparently I am going to need to host a telephone-based conference in a couple week. There should be about eight people calling in. This will be for a very small business, so some corporate-type deal would not work well.

Does anyone have any recommendations on services? There's just a ton of them listed in Google and I know of no good way to determine which are the good ones.

 

[FoBoT]

skype

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
skype

People will need to call in from all over the world on (mostly) cell phones. Skype does not exactly work for that.

 

[spidey07]

AT&T

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: spidey07
AT&T

Any idea on the pricing?

 

[spidey07]

No idea. Call them up. "Hi, I want to set up a one time conference call for x hours for x participants, how much?"

Without a contract it might be pricey. I've used them extensively before hand, but it's under a contract and I don't see the bill.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: FoBoT
skype

People will need to call in from all over the world on (mostly) cell phones. Skype does not exactly work for that.

yeah it does
http://skype.com/download/features/conferencecalling/

How do I make a conference call?

With Skype, you and 9 other people can take part in a conference call.

1. Click on the Conference call button (or go to Tools --> Create a Conference Call) which opens a Conference Call window. Click on the contact name in 'Choose Contacts' box and then click on the Add button below. Contact is added to Conference Participants window. You can add both Skype contacts and SkypeOut contacts to a conference call in the same way.

2. Once you have selected the participants, simply click the start button.

3. You'll be shown a conference tab with the names of all participants. Participants will be added to the conference call once they answer your call.

If you are already in a call and would like to add an additional participant to the call, simply select the contact you want to add from your contact list and click the conferencing toolbar button. You can also right-click on the contact and choose the option 'add to conference'.