September 11th, 2006
Yahoo Offers Conference Calls with Up to 500 Users — Free
By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Use Yahoo! Messenger with Voice and you can now conference in 499 of your friends, thanks to a deal Yahoo! has made with Vapps Inc.
The service, called ConFreeCall, will be available for download through Yahoo Messenger with Voice service, allowing friends or families to hold free conference calls to complement Yahoo’s existing text, voice and photo-sharing services. Yahoo Messenger with Voice subscribers can find the ConFreeCall application in the Yahoo Messenger plug-in gallery (http://us.gallery.yahoo.com/messenger). The service is also available directly from Vapps at http://www.confreecall.com. Source: Yahoo! News
We Say: Now I just have to find 499 friends who use Yahoo! Messenger. Since I have friends using a variety of IM services, that’s probably not going to be too easy. Heck it wouldn’t be easy even if they all used Yahoo! Messenger. 
Vapps used to charge 6 cents a minute for a conference call, FYI.
David Johnston says:
I have absolutely no use for conference calling with that many people but that is cool. I just hope there aren’t any strings attached.
September 11th, 2006 at 7:24 pm
Keith says:
I hope the other 499 remember to press the mute button.
September 12th, 2006 at 5:51 am
Lockergnome's Tech News Watch says:
Yahoo! Offers Conference Calls With Up To 500 Users - Free
Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes: Use Yahoo! Messenger with Voice and you can now conference in 499 of your friends, thanks to a deal Yahoo! has made with Vapps Inc. The service, called ConFreeCall, will be available for download through Yahoo! Mes…
September 13th, 2006 at 6:30 am