Hmmn. How could I have made the part about why Internet based conferences wouldn't work clearer? Some of these people are in Africa, their Internet access barely exists, and their phone connections aren't a whole lot better. The only way to get them on the call is to call out to them, with a persistent operator who can figure out how to retry around "all circuits busy" and the like.
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offers free conferencing for its users. On the
> sip network, you dial 1 747 222 1234 where 1234 is a random number you
> choose. Everyone who calls that number at that time is connected
> together. There are dial in numbers from PSTN at various points around
> the US, and perhaps the world, but it seems simplest to just hook a
> sip adapter between a phone and the internet, or to use a "soft-phone"
> (free ones listed on their home page).