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= Introduction =
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From time to time, to discuss a project or a task, people need to get together on the phone instead of using e-mail, IRC or instant messaging. In most countries, people can initiate three-party conferences themselves via their regular phone line, with the disadvantage that it costs a lot and they have to pay everything on their own. While for a long time only companies could afford to host a professional conferencing system, there now exist some public conference services to make our lifes easier. This page is intended to give some links to <b>free</b> conference services anyone can use. Free means that you don't have to pay any monthly or one-time fees, apart from the phone rates.
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<b>Important: Never discuss highly secure and confidential issues on a free conferencing system as long as you don't know anything about how thrustworthy it is.</b>
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= Introduction  =
  
= Overview of services =
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From time to time, to discuss a project or a task, people need to get together on the phone instead of using e-mail, IRC or instant messaging. In most countries, people can initiate three-party conferences themselves via their regular phone line, with the disadvantage that it costs a lot and one party pays it all. While for a long time only companies could afford to host a professional conferencing system, there now exist some public conference services to make our lifes easier. This page is intended to give some links to free conference services anyone can use. (Free means that you don't have to pay any monthly or one-time fees, apart from the phone rates.)
In general, there are three types of services we can distinguish: services initiated with software running on your PC; services where conference attendees dial in using a normal phone and a phone number, i.e. regular dial-in services; services where conference attendees are being called by the conferencing system on their regular phone numbers.
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== using your computer ==
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'''Important: Never discuss highly secure and confidential issues on a free conferencing system as long as you don't know anything about how thrustworthy it is.'''
If you are a user of [http://www.skype.com Skype] you can easily initiate phone conferences. While calls to other Skype users are free, calls to external phones are not. You can, however, mix non-Skype conference attendees with Skype conference attendees.
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== regular dial-in services ==
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= Overview of services =
  
=== Austria ===
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In general, there are three types of services we can distinguish: services initiated with software running on your PC; services where conference attendees dial in using a normal phone and a phone number, i.e. regular dial-in services; services where conference attendees are being called by the conferencing system on their regular phone numbers.  
* [http://www.conferencenow.co.uk conferencenow] offers vanity numbers for several countries. It costs between 0,034 EUR and 0,174 EUR per minute.
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=== Belgium ===
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== NEW:&nbsp;OpenOffice.org phone conferences... ==
* [http://www.conferencenow.co.uk conferencenow] offers vanity numbers for several countries. It costs between 0,034 EUR and 0,174 EUR per minute.
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=== France ===
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...can be initiated by [mailto:floeff@openoffice.org Florian Effenberger] and provide many landline dial-in numbers. If you need a conference room for an&nbsp;OpenOffice.org-related conference, please drop&nbsp;Florian an e-mail.
* [http://www.conferencenow.co.uk conferencenow] offers vanity numbers for several countries. It costs between 0,034 EUR and 0,174 EUR per minute.
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=== Germany ===
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== using your computer  ==
* A service called [http://www.talkyoo.net talkyoo] offers a <b>regular fixed-line number</b> where only normal phone rates have to be paid. <b>This can even be reached with mobile phones and from foreign countries, and might even be much cheaper than using vanity or services numbers.</b>
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* [http://www.voiceconference.de Voiceconference] offers a vanity number inside Germany that costs 0,039 EUR/Minute. Might be much more expensive from cellphones and from foreign countries.
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* [http://www.conferencenow.co.uk conferencenow] offers vanity numbers for several countries. It costs between 0,034 EUR and 0,174 EUR per minute.
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* If you are a user of [http://www.xing.com XING], you can set up a conference at a <b>regular fixed-line number</b> where only normal phone rates have to be paid. <b>This can even be reached with mobile phones and from foreign countries, and might even be much cheaper than using vanity or services numbers.</b>
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=== Great Britain ===
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If you are a user of [http://www.skype.com Skype] you can easily initiate phone conferences. While calls to other Skype users are free, calls to external phones are not. You can, however, mix non-Skype conference attendees with Skype conference attendees.  
* [http://www.conferencenow.co.uk conferencenow] offers vanity numbers for several countries. It costs between 0,034 EUR and 0,174 EUR per minute.
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=== Spain ===
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== regular dial-in services<br>  ==
* [http://www.conferencenow.co.uk conferencenow] offers vanity numbers for several countries. It costs between 0,034 EUR and 0,174 EUR per minute.
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=== Switzerland ===
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*[http://www.conferencenow.co.uk conferencenow] offers vanity numbers for the UK&nbsp;and for Germany.<br>Prices are higher than for normal landline calls.<br>
* [http://www.conferencenow.co.uk conferencenow] offers vanity numbers for several countries. It costs between 0,034 EUR and 0,174 EUR per minute.
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== regular dial-out services ==
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*[http://www.talkyoo.net talkyoo] offers landline numbers for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, USA,&nbsp;France, Netherlands, Italy, UK&nbsp;and Spain as well as a Skype gateway.<br>As of January 2010, talkyoo conferences are limit to 6 concurrent users. Larger conferences and premium features like recording are only available as a service plan.<br>
No regular dial-out services have been tested yet. Have you? Feel free to add them to this page!
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*A similar service is being offered by [http://www.phonesty.com phonesty]. They offer landline numbers in Germany and the UK.<br>Larger conferences and premium features like recording are only available as a service plan.[http://www.adobe.com/acom/connectnow/ <br>]
  
= Links =
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== web services  ==
* http://www.teltarif.de/i/konferenz.html?page=4 - list of German conference services
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Some are open, some others are proprietary, I would preffer the open, but will list some of the popular ones too.
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*[http://www.dimdim.com Dimdim]
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*[http://www.jajah.com/ Jahjah]
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*[http://www.adobe.com/acom/connectnow/ Adobe ConnectNow]
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*[http://www.tinychat.com TinyChat]
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*[http://www.stikcam.com Stikcam Private Rooms]
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*[http://www.gotomeeting.com GoToMeeting]
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*[http://www.elluminate.com Elluminate]
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*[http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/ OpenMeeting]
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== VoIP providers suitable for self-made Asterisk conferencing solution  ==
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*[http://www.sipgate.de sipgate]
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*[http://www.euteliavoip.com/setlanguage.php?lang=en&url=index.php%3Flang%3Den Eutelia]
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= Links =
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*http://www.teltarif.de/i/konferenz.html?page=4 - list of German conference services

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Introduction

From time to time, to discuss a project or a task, people need to get together on the phone instead of using e-mail, IRC or instant messaging. In most countries, people can initiate three-party conferences themselves via their regular phone line, with the disadvantage that it costs a lot and one party pays it all. While for a long time only companies could afford to host a professional conferencing system, there now exist some public conference services to make our lifes easier. This page is intended to give some links to free conference services anyone can use. (Free means that you don't have to pay any monthly or one-time fees, apart from the phone rates.)

Important: Never discuss highly secure and confidential issues on a free conferencing system as long as you don't know anything about how thrustworthy it is.

Overview of services

In general, there are three types of services we can distinguish: services initiated with software running on your PC; services where conference attendees dial in using a normal phone and a phone number, i.e. regular dial-in services; services where conference attendees are being called by the conferencing system on their regular phone numbers.

NEW: OpenOffice.org phone conferences...

...can be initiated by Florian Effenberger and provide many landline dial-in numbers. If you need a conference room for an OpenOffice.org-related conference, please drop Florian an e-mail.

using your computer

If you are a user of Skype you can easily initiate phone conferences. While calls to other Skype users are free, calls to external phones are not. You can, however, mix non-Skype conference attendees with Skype conference attendees.

regular dial-in services

  • conferencenow offers vanity numbers for the UK and for Germany.
    Prices are higher than for normal landline calls.
  • talkyoo offers landline numbers for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, USA, France, Netherlands, Italy, UK and Spain as well as a Skype gateway.
    As of January 2010, talkyoo conferences are limit to 6 concurrent users. Larger conferences and premium features like recording are only available as a service plan.
  • A similar service is being offered by phonesty. They offer landline numbers in Germany and the UK.
    Larger conferences and premium features like recording are only available as a service plan.

web services

Some are open, some others are proprietary, I would preffer the open, but will list some of the popular ones too.

VoIP providers suitable for self-made Asterisk conferencing solution

Links

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