Conference call guide - from scheduling to summing up

A conference call is similar to a conventional telephone call in some extend, but with a conference call you can communicate to several people at a time. There are several types of conference calls such as audio conference calling, video conference calling and web conference calling. One can customize his/her conference call using any these different types of conference calls. One of the major advantages of conference calls over conventional telephone calls is that conference calls are quite easy to use and can save money, especially when compared with the expenses of a business travel and hotel accommodations. In this article, let us see everything about conference call-from scheduling to summing up.

Generally, conference call services are provided by dedicated conference call service providers, who offer the services at a fee on a per hour or per minute basis. Once the user subscribes with the service provider, he/she is provided with a toll free number and a PIN, which can be distributed to all the people who are supposed to participate in the conference call. Don't forget to mention the participants about the exact date and time of the conference call. Most conference call providers ask to book a time slot so as to avoid a clash or dates; there is a possibility for customer to ask for the same time slots on a particular date.

After getting a particular date and time, each of the participants can join the conference call meeting by dialing the toll free number and authenticating oneself with the given PIN. Once logged into the conference call, people can also take questions and give answers, and communicate each other as long as they want.

The entire session of the online conference call will be controlled by the host, and the host can decide who are should be online and who all must not at a given point of time. Generally, if the host hangs up, the conference call will be terminated. However, these days there are several alternative options so as to continue the conference calls even if the host leaves the conference.

The billing process of conference calls is usually done per minute by most conference call service providers. However, this varies from one service provider with the other. Most conference call providers have a 30 day billing system.

A subscriber can cancel a web conference call service at anytime he/she wish to do so. Majority of the conference call service providers offers accounts on a monthly basis; hence there won't be any complex formalities to cancel your account.