There are different ways of charging for on-line conferences. Most first-time users pay a conference company to run one conference. The price generally depends on the number of participants and how long the conference lasts. David Friend, eYak's chief executive officer, says that will be less than phone companies charge for teleconferences today. The reason is that, although conference participants talk through their telephone, behind the scenes these companies use the Internet to carry much of the audio, which is cheaper than relying on the phone network.
Regular customers get the lower rates.
The length of the conference makes no difference. You can use the service as much as you like, with any participants you like, as long as the number at any one time doesn't exceed the number of seats paid for. Organizations that do a lot of on-line conferencing can purchase their own software. On-line conferencing may not always be as simple as paying the fee and going ahead, though. Remove those barriers, and you may have to increase the capacity of Internet connections to handle the load.