# Recommendations for confernce calling **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 27, 2007, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-confernce-calling/393852 "2007-02-27T06:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-confernce-calling/393852/1 "2007-02-27T06:51:00Z")
What’s a good way to set up conference calls? I will need to set up a series of conference calls over the next year or so. Someone suggested [freeconference.com](http://freeconference.com), and the price seems right. Does anyone use it, or what are the other options out there? ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-confernce-calling/393852/2 "2007-02-27T09:15:40Z")
How many people? We do conference calls using Skype with 4 computers between Brazil, America and Czech Republic. Works fine 90% of the time, but occasionally have to drop the call and call back. The quality is helped by everyone having good headsets…the mic and speakers on laptops work, but sometimes there is feedback. But, for free, we live with the inconvenience. -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-confernce-calling/393852/3 "2007-02-27T14:50:59Z")
We’ll have three to five people on the phone, though I could also see this being a nice thing for family “reunions” of ten or more (wow, that seems noisy now that I think of it!) I signed up for [freeconference.com](http://freeconference.com) for this week’s calls, but I’ll check into Skype (I’m not sure if everyone has a PC.) I’d also like to hear about other people’s experiences. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-confernce-calling/393852/4 "2007-02-27T15:23:07Z")
My company just signed up for [freeconferencing.com](http://freeconferencing.com) a month or so ago. We tested it a bunch of times with the 3 of us and then I did a live 90-minute call with 6 people. The Web interface is really nice. There’s a lot of cool free features. The “mute” function was nice because my partner was able to listen in while holding his crying baby. Some of the things seemed a bit buggy - like when we were testing I had a hard time connecting. I would call and get a welcome message but no option to join. But this was maybe once out of 10 times I tried. I also noticed when I was initiating the call myself that the “announcement” feature didn’t work right away so I didn’t know when people came on to the call. The one downside is that it’s not a toll-free number but the price of the service itself can’t be beat. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-confernce-calling/393852/5 "2007-02-27T20:30:23Z")
It sounds great (weak pun intended)! Well, I’ll see how it works in an hour. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-confernce-calling/393852/6 "2007-02-27T21:10:29Z")
> **[FreeConferenceCall.com](https://www.freeconferencecall.com/)** > > FreeConferenceCall.com provides HD audio conferencing, screen sharing and video conferencing with up to 1,000 participants. Sign up for a free account. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-confernce-calling/393852/7 "2007-02-27T23:31:05Z")
Well, we just finished a 90 minute call without any problems. Thanks to everyone for the help.