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HighSpeedConferencing.com - When The Meeting Grows Beyond Ten
Skype 3.x allows conferencing for up to ten participants whether on Skype or SkypeOut; of course for SkypeOut participants there is the standard SkypeOut charge. Actually, you need one of the newer Intel Core 2 Duo processors to get to ten, otherwise the limit reduces to five. And you can set up conference calls directly within Skype’s client or via the Skype for Email Outlook Toolbar.
But what about those Monday
morning company sales meetings where you have 23 sales reps in the field or the important financial reporting presentation to, say, 120 investors. If you’re all on Skype, then Vapps LLC’s HighSpeedConferencing.com service offers a no charge solution; for those Participants who come in via a PSTN line they simply pay their relevant long distance charges. If the Host would like to supply an 800 number, the charge is 10 cents per Participant per minute - a significant reduction from the $0.30 to $0.55 per minute paid previously to legacy telcos.
Speaking with Vapps CEO Ben Lilienthal late last week, I heard another success story for Skype’s Extras Gallery program. With over 20,000 downloads of their plug-in since mid-December - triggered by the official launch of the Extras Gallery at that time, they have built their activity to handling over 100,000 minutes per day and accumulated over 2 million minutes of usage over the past three weeks. In the same period they have garnered over 1,000 subscriptions for their Premium service, a monthly offering the provides recording and hand raising for $4.50 per month.
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