Show HN: Painless, free conference calls

I like:<p>0) The use of a set of different phone numbers instead of different conference rooms.<p>I don&#x27;t like:<p>1) Why only a US number, when people are used to freeconferencecall.com, which has access numbers in many countries?<p>2) Why make someone visit a web site to set up a call? Isn&#x27;t the user&#x27;s calendar (e.g. on their mobile) the natural place for them to set up virtual meetings?<p>3) Why do I have to enter the PIN manually? RFC2806 defined pause and wait characters for URLs, back in the year 2000: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ietf.org&#x2F;rfc&#x2F;rfc2806.txt" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ietf.org&#x2F;rfc&#x2F;rfc2806.txt</a><p>Also:<p>4) The link on the bottom-right of the page leads to <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;emerge.cisco.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;emerge.cisco.com&#x2F;</a> but that server is refusing connections on port 443. I can connect with plain http.

I really like services that make things simpler. Each company seems to have a different process for managing conference calls, so anything to make it easier is a win in my books.<p>That being said, the issue with conference calls has never been about the interface or the cost; people will learn and companies will pay. The issue has always been the network. Dropped calls, bad reception, bad internet, etc. I don&#x27;t see anything in SwiftCall that addresses that.

Hey, we&#x27;ve been working on this as an experiment to see how frictionless we could make phone conferences. Please give us feedback and comments here. Thanks!

Does free mean no charge to set-up the call or does free mean a toll free number for the call? Is the number that gets issued +1 only or do you offer a choice of which country the call is hosted in? How do you cater for participants from multiple nations?

No matter how far we come, we can&#x27;t escape the &#x27;phone call&#x27; experience.<p>I&#x27;ve been working at Sococo for a few years. We designed a communications platform for groups that takes it to the next plane - always connected, frictionless collaboration. You don&#x27;t have codes and conferences and schedules. You click in and out of zones on a map. Folks are organized in teams, in pre-authenticated groups so no passcodes ever to start talking. Connection times are in milliseconds. You can tell who&#x27;s communicating with whom at a glance. You can bring someone into a meeting with a click.<p>Alexander Graham is long dead; lets please escape the &#x27;phone call&#x27; straightjacket!

How do you make money if it is free?

Is it available in HongKong?

Simplified call