<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>TRCB.com RSS Feed</title><description>A quick look at conference calling companies and what conference calling is all about. </description><link>http://trcb.com/</link><language>en-Us</language><ttl>60</ttl><lastBuildDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:57:13 EST</lastBuildDate><copyright>Copyright 2010 Michael Goshen, TRCB.com All Right Reserved</copyright><item><title>Conference Calling Companies </title><link>http://trcb.com/communications/communications/conference-calling-companies-399.htm</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Conference Calling Companies are on a rise in America today.&amp;nbsp;There use is everywhere from thecorporate sector where conference calling is essential for having multipleemployees on the line, to the home use where aunt Jenny wants to talk to youand grandma at the same time. Most Conference Calling Companies are of littleto no cost if you look in the right places.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A lot of the Free ConferenceCalling Companies only charge you your normal long distance fees for allparties involved from their own phone companies. The free companies are notthat secure and calls are dropped often and most of these providers are largelyavailable through a quick Google search.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AT&amp;amp;T/Cingular hadbeen blocking their cellular customers from their previously free conference callingservice due since March of 2007 due to rising costs of secure reliable calls. ConferenceCalling Companies that would be more reliable and secure normally cost anywherefrom 2 cents a minutes to 7 or 8 cents a minutes not including your normal phoneservice provider costs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some of the new jumps in conference calling have beenits availability through Skype, MSN, AIM, and other online messaging andphoning services. These online free services have put more pressure on thephone companies for free conference calling. The online messaging companiesalso sometimes provide a video conference call like MSN and Skype. These formsof free conference calling have made reliable secure conference calling indemand by the cooperate sector.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A major player in the corporate sector for conferencecalling companies is AT Conference.&lt;strong&gt;AT Conference&lt;/strong&gt; Company's list of clientele consists of The USArmy, Upper Deck, Dannon, Sealy, The Hard Rock Caf&amp;eacute; to name only a few. Theyoffer web conferencing along with traditional conference calling. They offer24/7 live operator assistance, PIN codes for secure conference calls. For aCorporation they are a secure reliable and reasonably priced. For a private athome use some of the free conference calling companies are recommended or checkyour phone service provider for an easy and normally cheap alternative to anonline based company.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.skype.com" target="_blank"&gt;Skype&lt;/a&gt; is a free secure alternative to conference callingcompanies. Skype offers free Skype to Skype conference calls; this alsoincludes conference video calls. They also offer many other free services that conferencecalling companies wouldn't necessarily offer, such as transferring data filesin a secure format. They also offer a traditional text based messaging systemthat may be good in different situations. They also offer a low cost Skype tophone service. &amp;nbsp;Skype is one of the mostsecure free conferences calling alternatives as of this moment. MSN and AIMoffer similar services and are good for home use and would work well as a free substituteto conference calling as well.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:19:36 EST</pubDate><guid>http://trcb.com/communications/communications/conference-calling-companies-399.htm</guid><source url="http://trcb.com/rss/article/conference-calling-companies-399.xml">TRCB.com</source><category>Communications / Communications</category></item></channel></rss>