FreeConference in the not-so-free market
If you use a web-based free service to host your conference calls, beware: The Man is trying to shut them down.
March 19, 2007In the long run, this is crap and must be stopped. In the short run, a tip: I was still able to call into a FreeConference call today on my Verizon mobile phone.
Users of FreeConference.Com, a Web-based service that offers long-distance conference calling for the price of a single long-distance call, found itself cut off last week, as AT&T/Cingular, Sprint, and Qwest began blocking subscriber access to the service....FreeConference.Com CEO Alex Cory said AT&T was simply trying to push conference callers back to its own 800-number calling service and thereby reap more profit. (ConsumerAffairs.com)
posted by Waage on Monday, March 19, 2007
4 Comments:
They have been able to offer substitute numbers and it turns out only a few numbers were blocked, so not many seem to be having trouble getting through.
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Hi Melissa,
I use freeconferencecall.com and Cingular tried to block access to one of thier numbers. I guess it's because they offer a similar pay service. They are going to get sued by tons of customers who lost tons of business opportunities due to thier bad business practices.
In response to the outpouring of support from bloggers like you, industry thought leaders, consumer interest groups and the media, Free Conferencing Corp (creators of FreeConferenceCall.com) has set up a special web site --http://blog.freeconferencecall.com/Default.aspx -- to set the record straight on the call blocking and law suits being leveraged by the major carriers including Cingular/AT&T Wireless and Sprint/Nextel. This site includes links to current blog postings, blocking FAQs, forum for visitors to blog, and, most importantly, a "Know your Rights" section directing people to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) web site so customers fully understand how their rights are being violated. The Know your Rights section includes links to learning about current FCC regulations, filing a complaint with the FCC, contacting your state attorney general and reading about historic cases that refute the claims of the telecommunications carrier "Goliaths." FreeConferenceCall.com is also encouraging site visitors to subscribe to a list to join the fight in a class action suit.
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