Free audio conferencing software for 12 or so people

Mar 04, 2006 6 Replies

olks



I just got shanghaied to be an executive board with members geographically dispersed throughout the province. Currently they are using a phone patch system but permission is a bit hazy and it only has 8 ports. A bit tricky with 12 members. Currently many of the members who are in the same city gather at someone's house and use a speaker phone there. But that doesn't always work. Today at least two people couldn't get in.



MSN only allows four people to be in an audio conversation. Anyone know of any free software which allows up to 12 people or so?



I think pretty much everyone would have high speed Internet.



Tony


Asterisk would handle this, I believe. I haven't used the conferencing features just yet. I am sure a Google search would turn up loads of info!

Also, you might look into Free World Dialup. It has conference functionality as well.

Good luck,

Jonathan

I didn't even bother to try as I'm sure there'd be so much crap showing up in any search it would be impossible.

Sheesh, I'm an idiot. Search using gets me at least two free systems in the sponsored links on the right hand side.

That'll teach me to make assumptions.

Tony

:)

Let us know what ends up working for you. I am sure it will help others in the future.

J>

The latest Skype allows for 10 participants. This is not the 12 you look for but a good start. And, the voice quality is excellent if you have PC to PC calls, SkypeOut (PC to landline) is of mixed quality

- Frank

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