Remote meetings

[john4703]

I am a secretary for a committee that meets a few times a year. We have three or four people who live a long way from where we meet. We have been using "Go to Meeting" but it costs £144 per year.
Is there a cheaper, or free, alternative?
I have been wondering if Skype is good when there are more than two people on line, it is good to see and hear everyone.
Any advice will be appreciated

 

[motorbiking]

try zoom.us. it's free for up to 100 people but has a 40 minute limit. If you want more it's 12 quid a month.

some of my clients use it and it's certainly better than cisco webex

 

[EddieM]

Webex is most definitely not great! Lot of issues with it where I work.

 

[Gnans]

John,

In terms of skype you are looking for "Group Chat" and more details are here https://www.skype.com/en/features/group-video-chat/

This has a fair usage policy which states and I think it still meets your requirement.
"Group video calls are subject to a fair usage limit of 100 hours per month with no more than 10 hours per day and a limit of 4 hours per individual video call. Once these limits have been reached, the video will switch off and the call will convert to an audio call."

 

[fi2009]

Have a look at Jitsi https://jitsi.org/ - free open source video conferencing, with screen sharing - browser (rtc), windows, iOS & android apps