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Subject: Real Deal or Scam ? www.freeconference.com
Category: Business and Money
Asked by: inspiring-ga
List Price: $20.00
Posted: 01 Jul 2004 15:07 PDT
Expires: 31 Jul 2004 15:07 PDT
Question ID: 368670
www.freeconference.com is this company legitimate?  They have a very
slick website that's apparently won a Webby Business Award in 2003.  I
want to know whether the fee-for-service using their toll-free 800 #
is reliable and trustworthy. The rates that they advertise at 10
cents/per
minute/per person are far below the well-known long-distance company
rates. Have there been any complaints about any of their services
(dropped calls, poor quality, unable to connect, mishandling of credit
card information, disclosing personal information to third parties,
etc.)  We're very interested in using them, but don't want be ripped
off or provided poor quality service. Whatever you can find out about
them would be greatly appreciated.
Answer  
Subject: Re: Real Deal or Scam ? www.freeconference.com
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 01 Jul 2004 16:59 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Below you will find the results of my research regarding Freeconference.com. 
I have only located positive reviews and testimonials, no complaints
at all. Everybody agrees that call quality is excellent.


Freeconference.com indeed won a Webby Business Award in 2003 in the
TELECOMMUNICATIONS category.
http://www.webbyawards.com/businessawards/finalists.html

About the Webby Business Awards:

?The Webby Business Awards honors the best business practices online,
identifying the leading trends in online business, highlighting the
companies and professionals using the web as an innovative and
effective business tool.?
http://www.webbyawards.com/main/in_motion/index.html#businessawards

Judges Statement: 

?FreeConference.com offers a terrific value to consumers ? free
conference calls ? with no strings attached. The company deserves
credit for coming up with an innovative online business model that
actually works: it has grown its conference call phone traffic from
zero to over 16 million minutes of use in just 27 months.?
Webby Awards
http://www.webbyawards.com/businessawards/brief_details.html?site_id=34


This award alone inspires confidence freeconference.com


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The Roam Office verdict on Freeconference.com: 
Highly Recommended
Superb line quality

?The technology, in the 18 teleconferences that I have scheduled and
managed since I started using the service, has been absolutely
flawless for both the Standard and the Premium service. Line quality
is superb, and there have been no dropped calls or the odd noises and
gaps that I have heard on other provider?s services. I?ve used it for
conferences ranging in length from a half hour to nearly two hours,
with up to ten participants at a time, and it works like a charm.?

Source: Roam Office Review: Freeconference.com
by Kevin Christy

Read the full review here:
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=342


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FreeConference.com Found on Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools Feb 2004 archive:

They staed that  the voice quality has always been excellent

?A great dial-in teleconferencing solution for free. You just set up
your call as little as 90 minutes in advance and distribute the
call-in number to the folks calling. The organizer pays nothing, and
participants pay only their usual long distance, which should be
extremely cheap (particularly with the new flat-rate plans). The voice
quality has always been excellent. In six months of use this
teleconference service has never failed me one iota. I skip the bells
and whistle services they offer. Since they don't charge anything on
your phone bill, or take your credit card number for their free
service, they hope to make money on premium services, or maybe by
selling ads in the future.
Anyway you can't go wrong with this one.?

?I've used this service and it is excellent. In fact is the clearest
teleconferencing I've taken part in. ? KK?

Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools
http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/000305.php


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Testimonials from The ESQlawtech Weekly - dedicated to law office technology tips


?A company, aptly called "Freeconference.com", offers an incredible
web based telephone conferencing service that costs you and
participants only the cost of the long distance charge.
When I was first introduced to this company, I was very skeptical
about the quality of the service. I simply could not understand how
they could offer such a substantial service for free.

(..)

Freeconference.com allows you to schedule your conference, send out
invitations by email, including an agenda for the meeting, and receive
RSVP's from your participants, all from your web browser. This is no
scaled down version of the services we usually pay $.18 cents a minute
to have either.?

(..)

?I have found the service to be a perfect way to conduct smaller
conference calls more conveniently than arranging them with the paid
service providers, and certainly more cost effective.?

The ESQlawtech Weekly
http://www.lawyerlounge.com/comments.php?id=P46_0_1_0_C


?I actually used Freeconference.com to do a telephone conference with
our foursome over the weekend, and it worked great. I know you'll like
this.?

The ESQlawtech Weekly
http://www.lawyerlounge.com/comments.php?id=P496_0_1_0_C


?For those of you who are wondering, we do not use this service for
our teleseminars only because of capacity issues. Our teleseminars
allow us to put up to 300 participants on the call at the same time,
and based on our previous polling, we expect to fill those seats
pretty regularly. I do use it for calls other than our teleseminars.?

Law Office Technology - Law Firm Management
http://www.lawyerlounge.com/comments.php?id=P31_0_1_0_C


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An unbiased review of teleconferencing services from FreeConference.com
By Markus Allen, Publisher 


?My hands-down favorite is www.FreeConference.com. As the site name
suggests, you can participate in teleconferencing free and meet with
up to 100 people from anywhere in the world.


Record the call I'd give 5 out of 5 stars to FreeConference.com if
they offered a recording option. Unfortunately, they don't (although
their FAQ hints that it's coming). If (and when) they offer to record
your calls, I'll update this Web page for you (so might bookmark this
Web page as a favorite and check back from time to time).?

(..)

?Recommendation: Absolutely?

(..)

Pros:
- It's FREE.
- Super easy to use Web site... 
- Flexible... if your conference draws more 100 participants, the
service finds open spaces (if there's inventory)...

Cons:
- No recording option... this is a big negative... I'd easily pay 5 to
10 cents a minute (maybe more)...
- Lost conferences... for some reason, if you don't hit the submit
button twice, the conference is deleted. As often as I use the
service, I sometimes forget to confirm the conference. Perhaps an
email reminding us to confirm would be handy...
- Isn't 100% compatible... some discount long distance providers can't
connect to the service. You might suggest that you participants have a
backup long distance provider just in case.?
http://www.marketing-ideas.org/teleconferencing.php?I=12345&T=&PC=


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The Office of Information Technology (OIT) of National-Louis
University recommends Freeconference.com and states that call quality
is equal to the higher cost services

?We request that anyone using external teleconferencing services
switch to a different vendor: "Free Conference.com"
(www.freeconference.com). As in all uses of the word "free" in
commerce, the definition is a bit loose: there is a cost, but it is
only the long distance cost of connecting to the conference service's
"bridge point".

(..)

?A number of offices tested this system for several months. The
results have been trouble-free. The connections occur promptly and the
call quality is equal to the higher cost services. We ask all users to
transition immediately to this new system.?

National-Louis University : Office of Information Technology
http://oit.nl.edu/infobits/2003-fall_ib_page_seventeen.cfm


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Succeed Online News also recommends freeconference.com
http://www.succeedonlinenews.biz/articles.php?articleId=291


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The Moneyandmotivation website 

FreeConference.com:  Highly Recommended

?With FreeConference.com, you can schedule telephone  conference calls
with up to 32 participants, send email  invitations and manage
conferences from any Web browser.?

Moneyandmotivation website
http://www.moneyandmotivation.com/articles.php?a=read&aid=224


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Users at Google Groups offer the following opinions.

?I have recently discovered www.FreeConference.com, the easiest
conference call product to register and use. I'm hooked on this
service because of the high quality; the way time zones as well as
Daylight Savings Time are normalized and automatically changed in
e-mailed invitations. Best of all the service is 100% free and anyone
worldwide can use the service. This service saves money and time!?
Google Groups: 2003-05-27 
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=freeconference&hl=es&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&selm=587f1819.0305271144.4af3de0f%40posting.google.com&rnum=9


?If you ever need to do conference calls then here is an a wonderful
service I've used it for several dozen conference calls with no
problems.  www.freeconference.com  There is NO COST to the organizer
and each participant pays only his usual long distance charge same as
any other call.?
Google Groups: 2004-03-21 
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=freeconference&hl=es&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&selm=947d5aea.0403211929.7523f10a%40posting.google.com&rnum=1


?If you do conference calls check out www.freeconference.com .  This is
such an incredibly good deal it seems too good to be true but it is
true because I?ve arranged several dozen conferences with it and it
works great.?

Google Groups: 2004-03-21 
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=freeconference&hl=es&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&selm=947d5aea.0403211935.128d6f9d%40posting.google.com&rnum=8


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The On-Site Assessment Committee of the National Environmental
Laboratory Accreditation Conference (NELAC)  and recommended 
www.freeconference.com

(page 4)
 http://www.epa.gov/nerlesd1/land-sci/nelac/onsite/oa20020710.pdf


Search criteria.
Freeconference.com  problems
freeconference.com complaints
freeconference.com testimonials
freeconference.com call quality 
freeconference.com reviews 


I hope you this information helpful!


Best regards,
Bobbie7
inspiring-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $5.00
Thorough research. I was very pleased with the results. We proceeded
to use the company www.freeconference.com and were able to immediately
save $185 with a small test group of four people for an hour. Thanks
for helping to confirm that this company was legitimate and that they
offered excellent quality audio conferencing services for free. Our
team will save a significant amount of money on our teleconferencing.
We are very happy about this. Thanks bobbie7 and Google Answers!

Comments  
Subject: Re: Real Deal or Scam ? www.freeconference.com
From: netcrazy-ga on 02 Jul 2004 11:58 PDT
 
I've been using their service for nearly 11 months now and have no
complaints. Their service is excellent and the Web features are very
easy in use.

My 2 cents.

- netcrazy
Subject: Re: Real Deal or Scam ? www.freeconference.com
From: bobbie7-ga on 08 Jul 2004 12:20 PDT
 
Dear Inspiring,

Thank you for the five stars and tip! 
I'm glad that my research pleased you.

Best wishes,
Bobbie7
Subject: Re: Real Deal or Scam ? www.freeconference.com
From: faxbeep-ga on 09 Jul 2004 04:08 PDT
 
See also www.conference-calls-review.com (an up-and-coming review site
of conference calling services) for additional services.

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