Confnow - Painless 24/7 Free Conference Calls
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Re: Confnow - Painless 24/7 Free Conference Calls
#2Just tested this out with a friend. Mad simple. Great service.
Are there plans for more numbers to call?
Also I'm a little confused, when I "Secure" a custom pin, I just enter that in at the prompt on the phone? Instead of the one it shows on the steps list?
Re: Confnow - Painless 24/7 Free Conference Calls
#3Just tested this out with a friend. Mad simple. Great service. Are there plans for more numbers to call? Also I'm a little confused, when I "Secure" a custom pin, I just enter that in at the prompt on the phone? Instead of the one it shows on the steps list?
Yo! Thanks for giving it a test.
If you add a security pin, then after you enter your conference room number, it'll prompt you for the pin you entered (think of it like a conference room password).
Also: we're in the process of getting more numbers. :)
Re: Confnow - Painless 24/7 Free Conference Calls
#4Where are these calls terminated? I ask because I am always concerned that these sorts of services are being monetized by pumping traffic[1] into Iowa.
Re: Confnow - Painless 24/7 Free Conference Calls
#5Where are these calls terminated? I ask because I am always concerned that these sorts of services are being monetized by pumping traffic[1] into Iowa. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_pumping
Pennsylvania, which you can tell from their area code. It doesn't look like traffic pumping.
Re: Confnow - Painless 24/7 Free Conference Calls
#6I tried calling the number from Google Voice but it couldn't complete the call. I get maybe one ring before it disconnects. Anyone else having this issue?
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#7Where are these calls terminated? I ask because I am always concerned that these sorts of services are being monetized by pumping traffic[1] into Iowa. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_pumping
They're at our datacenter in Pennsylvania. We get paid from termination (like freeconferencecall.com).
We're not traffic pumping or anything--it's a legitimate conferencing service.
Re: Confnow - Painless 24/7 Free Conference Calls
#8I tried calling the number from Google Voice but it couldn't complete the call. I get maybe one ring before it disconnects. Anyone else having this issue?
Google voice blocks our exchange numbers in Pennsylvania for some reason :( We're currently expanding into multiple datacenters--so we'll have new exchange numbers shortly. But it seems that our 610-XXX numbers are all blocked by Google.
Re: Confnow - Painless 24/7 Free Conference Calls
#9Where are these calls terminated? I ask because I am always concerned that these sorts of services are being monetized by pumping traffic[1] into Iowa. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_pumping
They're at our datacenter in Pennsylvania. We get paid from termination (like freeconferencecall.com). We're not traffic pumping or anything--it's a legitimate conferencing service.
Can you maybe elaborate on how you're getting paid from termination? Perhaps I abused the term "traffic pumping", but this definitely sounds like the sort of of thing I was picturing being exorbitantly expensive to the carrier initiating the call to your service.
I previously worked as a telecom engineer at a VoIP startup and we definitely characterized http://freeconferencecall.com as a service monetized by traffic pumping and denied connecting to its NPA in our dialplans. While by no means absolute truth, the concern I'm voicing is further reinforced should it be true that Google Voice is refusing to terminate to your DID as described below.
Re: Confnow - Painless 24/7 Free Conference Calls
#10Where are these calls terminated? I ask because I am always concerned that these sorts of services are being monetized by pumping traffic[1] into Iowa. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_pumping
Pennsylvania, which you can tell from their area code. It doesn't look like traffic pumping.
> It doesn't look like traffic pumping.
What makes you feel confident about this? The assertion that "We get paid from termination" strikes me as very much that sort of arrangement. Perhaps I'm abusing terminology.