conference call service

Late last week, we crossed another milestone with Calliflower.  As customers have discovered the tremendous savings Calliflower can deliver for international conference calls, plus the rich and engaging Calliflower feature set, they have driven demand for new points of presence. We’ve been only too happy to comply, adding local dial numbers wherever we can in conjunction with our partner Voxbone. 

Today’s news is that Calliflower is now available in 30 countries, and more than 100 cities around the world.  As of today, we are providing dial-in access to Calliflower in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.  To see the full list of cities, visit the Calliflower website.  In many countries the service is an ordinary local dial call.  However, in some instances we’ve had to deploy a “national” number, which carries a premium charge.

Calliflower’s flat-rate conference call model just makes sense for international calls. For many customers it’s also the most cost effective for domestic conference calling as well.  For details, check out What are the real costs of free conference call services? on the Calliflower blog.  You might be surprised by what you learn. 

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Ever wondered what advantages and disadvantages of free conference calling services might be?  Every so often a customer asks me, especially after getting a large long distance bill from their carrier.  Over on the new Calliflower blog I’ve written a guide to evaluating conferencing pricing models for yourself and your business.

The quick summary?

  1. Free services make economic sense for those with light conferencing needs, or those with flat rate long distance plans.  The biggest disadvantage of a free conference call service is that as your usage goes up, so do your costs. 
  2. Toll-free services are convenient, but not economical.  Unless you have an ironclad requirement for national toll-free service, toll-free just doesn’t make sense.  Your costs rise as you use the service, and as your calls become larger.
  3. Flat rate with local calling numbers, which is the Calliflower Premium model, is usually the most economical choice of all.

So check out my posting over on the Calliflower blog, and let me know your thoughts. 

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Calliflower conference calling service updated.

January 28, 2009

Major changes in the Calliflower web architecture now expose all public Calliflower calls to search engines, allowing content to instantly be searched and indexed.

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