Comparing to the savings on travel, time and energy the cost of Web Conference Calls is dirt cheap.
There are many conferencing solution providers and it’s difficult to
distinguish between them. These service providers take care of all the
technical stuff. The users left to deal with simple codes like: * and
then 2 to get connected etc’
Basically, there are two pricing models, a subscription per month,
usually ranges From $ 25 per month for up to 5 people Plus initial one
time $ 30 set up fees and up to $150 per month for up to 20 people plus
the set up fees.
The other model is charging per minute per participant not including
international calls charges. The rates can vary for local line anywhere
between $0.12 - $ 0.40 per minute per participant.
Skype company is using telephony technology of voice over IP to connect
users internationally for almost nothing ( 0.03 Euro per minute per
caller), it can help to connect up to 500 users in a high speed
conference call.
One CEO of large corporation estimated that Web Conference Calls
technology is saving his organization more than 40 million dollars per
year on travel and accommodations alone.
Web Conference Calls is taking advantage of the Internet’s two most
notable qualities of sharing information and connecting people from
around the globe.
In spite of all the above I must mention though, that there are some
aspects of human interaction that web conferencing cannot imitate and
replace, these are things like firm hand shake, a hug, an eye contact,
a real nice smile, the perfume odor, the impression of a persons’ body
language, the eating lunch together, drinking beer together and some
other small human gestures that build real genuine trust between people.
In addition, some of the trainings seminars that included traveling
abroad were a compensation rewards for employees by their employers and
served as a change of environment and refreshment for the employees.
