Conference services tend to be quite expensive, although they are substantially less than even limited amounts of travel. With rates that high, relatively small percentage savings can add up to quite a large sum. The greatest savings are available through choosing a lower-cost conference service. For high volume users, most services also offer volume discounts. These are available to anyone making calls on a monthly basis, and often have no minimum spending levels.
More substantial discounts require monthly minimums, with penalties for early termination.
In order to choose the right conferencing service, you will need to know what kind of conference call you intend to use, the expected length of the call in minutes, and the approximate dollar amount your company spends on conferencing each year. Operator-assisted calls are the simplest to initiate, but they do not allow the flexibility for someone to call in from any area. Both meet me and reservationless add call-in flexibility, with toll meet me distributing costs among all participants, and 800 meet me and reservationless billing all phone charges to the organizer of the conference. The next consideration is the number of minutes the call is expected to last. Depending on whether you expect a short meeting or a long discussion, different services will offer the best rates.