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- From: phil@wubios.wustl.edu (J. Philip Miller)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Conference Calls
- Message-ID: <telecom12.864.9@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 14:32:07 GMT
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- Organization: TELECOM Digest
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 864, Message 9 of 15
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- We frequently have the need to set up conference calls involving 10-15
- individuals scattered through the US. We have generally been using
- AT&T, but I had never looked carefully at the charges. We just
- finished talking with the Atlanta conference center. They charge
- $10.00/party plus $.49/minute/party for each call. It does not matter
- where the call originates or what conference center it is made from.
- This is about double the rates of standard long distance connections
- from each participant to Atlanta (or whichever center is being used).
-
- A 60 minute phone call will cost $39.40/person, no matter where they
- are located, so that a 10-15 person conference will cost $400-$600.
- Our local switchboard cannot support conferences of this size. Are
- there alternatives which we should be looking at that will give us
- good quality connections at a more economical charge?
-
-
- J. Philip Miller, Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Box 8067
- Washington University Medical School, St. Louis MO 63110
- phil@wubios.WUstl.edu - Internet (314) 362-3617 [362-2694(FAX)]
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