BIG PHONIES BLOCKING FREE CONFERENCE CALLS
FREE CONFERENCE - As of Friday, March 9, it's come to our attention that Cingular Wireless has begun blocking all conference calls made from Cingular handsets to selected conference numbers. If you call our service, you receive a recording that says, "This call is not allowed from this number. Please dial 611 for customer service".
Earlier this week, Sprint and Qwest joined in this action, blocking cellular and land line calls to these same numbers. This appears to be a coordinated effort to force you to use the paid services they provide, eliminating competition and blocking your right to use the conferencing services that work best for you. . .
Whether you are one of their customers, or an organizer who is being impacted by these uncompetitive actions, please file a complaint with the FCC or send an email to your State Attorney General to complain about this monopolistic practice to limit the choices of consumers.
You can also let these companies know how you feel about their attempt to block competitive services:
Sprint Customers can click here or dial *2 from their Sprint Phone
Cingular Customers can click here or call 1-888-333-6651
Qwest Customers can click here or call 1-800-860-2255
2 Comments:
I found a workaround to this problem! Hopefully someone will benefit from my solution.
If you use Vonage, or other VOIP service, you can Forward all of your calls to another number. I set my Vonage line to forward to FreeConference.com's conference line and tested 5 people with Cingular lines to call my Vonage line at the same time. They were all forwarded to the FreeConference line instantly, and to them it was completely transparent. They were greeted with the FreeConference voice prompt and had no problem joining my conference! Up yours Cingular! ;-)
Please note: This method will use up minutes from your allotment in your Vonage plan unless you are on the Unlimited $24.99 plan (I'm on the 500 min plan).
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