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Subject: Re: [chairs] OASIS IRC, and phone bridges
On Sep 23, 2005, at 12:18 PM, Drummond Reed wrote: > Paul, thanks for the tip, I didn't know they had that option. (I still > get > asked all the time - and wonder myself - how do these guys DO it??) They make money when you use their "premium 800" service, and i think they somehow get some revenue by the way calls are routed to the dial-in numbers they use. jeff > > =Drummond > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Fremantle [mailto:paul@wso2.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 11:19 PM > To: Drummond Reed > Cc: chairs@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: Re: [chairs] OASIS IRC, and phone bridges > > Drummond > > You can also use freeconference for up to a 100 people with a reserved > call and still no charge, as long as you dont need toll-free dial in. > > Paul > > > Drummond Reed wrote: > >> The XRI and XDI TCs also frequently used www.freeconference.com as our >> bridge. It's received some press recently as a popular alternative to >> paid, >> reservation-based services. Up to 25 participants can conference for >> up to > 3 >> hours with no reservation and at no cost (though a toll call). >> >> They have an upgrade to paid service for reservation-based calls, >> toll-free >> numbers, or webconferencing. >> >> =Drummond >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John M. Greacen [mailto:john@greacen.net] >> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 8:10 PM >> To: 'James Bryce Clark'; chairs@lists.oasis-open.org >> Cc: rob.figenbaum@oasis-open.org >> Subject: RE: [chairs] OASIS IRC, and phone bridges >> >> The LegalXML Member Section TCs all use freeconference.com as our >> bridge. >> It is free and we have never had a problem with the service. >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: James Bryce Clark [mailto:jamie.clark@oasis-open.org] >>> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 3:04 PM >>> To: chairs@lists.oasis-open.org >>> Cc: rob.figenbaum@oasis-open.org >>> Subject: Re: [chairs] OASIS IRC, and phone bridges >>> >>> Thanks, Kelvin. Tech staff (principally IT manager Rob >>> Figenbaum) >>> gets the thanks for the iRC work. More to talk about, quite soon. >>> >>> On phones: global accessibility is a big concern for us also. >>> On >>> the >>> other hand, our dues and infrastructure are a fraction of W3 -- >>> OASIS traditionally has been thin-client, fiscally and in other >>> ways, by >>> design. On the third hand, the economics of phone service >>> fundamentally >>> is >>> changing. >>> I know, from painful memory myself, that asking for and managing >>> bridges is an annoyance. More acutely, is it a barrier? To what >>> extent >>> do >>> other leaders on this list think that phone bridge economics is a >>> gating >>> issue for us? Is there a distinct issue for big vs. small TCs, or >>> those >>> with wider vs. narrower geographic dispersion? >>> >>> Regards JBC >>> >>> ~ James Bryce Clark >>> ~ Director, Standards Development, OASIS >>> ~ jamie.clark@oasis-open.org >>> >>> At 01:19 PM 9/22/2005, Kelvin Lawrence wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Jamie, I applaud you for doing this. I have found IRC very useful >>>> in the >>>> W3C meetings I have attended. This is a good sep forward. >>>> Related to this, are you making any progress towards having an OASIS >>>> provided (does not need to be 800 number) phone bridge for TC >>>> meetings? >>>> W3C also has this facility and it makes the life of the chair so >>>> much >>>> easier (as opposed to having to keep asking for people to sponsor >>>> calls) >>>> Cheers >>>> Kelvin >>>> WSS TC co-chair >>>> Kelvin R. Lawrence >>>> Distinguished Engineer & CTO, Emerging Internet Software Standards >>>> Member of the IBM Academy of Technology >>>> IBM Software Group. 11400 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758. >>>> BLOG: >>>> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/dw_blog.jspa?blog=730 >>>> >>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Paul Fremantle > Co-Founder, Vice President of Technology > WSO2, "Oxygenating the Web Service Platform" > > Yahoo IM: paulfremantle > Cell/Mobile: +44 (0) 7740 199 729 > Fax: +1 360 485-4275 > paul@wso2.com > > > -- Jeff Mischkinsky jeff.mischkinsky@oracle.com Director, Web Services Standards +1(650)506-1975 Consulting Member Technical Staff 500 Oracle Parkway, M/S 4OP9 Oracle Redwood Shores, CA 94065
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