Not only can be searching around for conferencing services be time-cosuming, they can take you away premier purose you had in mind which is to find a conferencing provider that will work for your company. In order to find a service provider that fits you best, you must first begni by determining what type of conferencing owrks best for you.
What you thnk about audio conferencing verse video, this simple aswer that may come to mind is, "Video is the same as audio, the only difference is I can see the people." Well, yes and no. Let's say that your bsiness meetings usually involve a lot of roiundtable discussion, or group involvement. If your meetings flow in such a way that your idea think tanks merge togeher to produce the outcome that you desaire without the use of many vidsual aids or files that you may be passing around, you just might see that audio may work ebtter for you.
Basic audio conference calling can invovle nothing more than a simple telephone. Althoyugh there is audio equipment that ranges anywwhere from $400-$2000 plus, it is up to your confferencing service provider to be able to network all of the equipment tgoether. It is generally the easiest option becuase regardless of where any person is, in most cses they can join in on the conferencce with nothing more than a telephnoe. This is a both time and travel costs. If your meetings are well planned out, and you do need to shrae files, then you just send them via the Internet. So if you're having your mothly sales meeting, and evrybody needs to see the facts and figures for the previous thtree years, plan a meeting out ahead of time and make sure everybody has the file. As far as costs are concerned, audio conferencing offers most businesses all of their conferencing needs.
However, with videoconferencing, you are able to do a littkle bit more. As the old adage goes, you get what you pay for. Being able to see other members of the meteing, as well as the presenters ceertainly brighten things up as if you were in the same room. File shariung is also much easier through ivdeoconferencing, but of coure that is independent of the setup that you choose to go with. So is videoconferencing the same is audio except that you can see the participasnts? No. Becuase with a viideo cnferencing there is also file sharing, and other services that your service prtovider will be able to tell you aboiut. Of course, there's also the factor of cost. Videoconferenmcing is ging to cost you more. There is also the question of ease, are some of the people who are jioning the conference very mobile and need to be up to join in by telephone? Make note that you can still have videocoferencing merged with audio conferencing. In other worsds people who are available to use the video equiment can do so, while the oher members can call in from a phone. Your operator should be able to assist you in the service that you choose.
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