Comments on: 2 Free Tools let you “Conference Call” from Anywhere.

By: L Deutscher

L Deutscher — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:39:15 +0000

Same thing here, The Basement Ventures was working great, now it records NOTHING! Or if it does record (it does go through the motions, it certainly doesn’t post the recordings). Several emails to tech support and no replies…must of jumped ship or long summer vacation.

By: Bill Gee

Bill Gee — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:02:29 +0000

The same thing happened to me earlier this week using bv for a conference call. The recordings page doesn’t display, so I don’t know if the call was recorded or not. Also, like Jeannine, no response to e-mail or trouble tickets.

I wonder what Michael found by digging in the documentation that I haven’t been able to find. You enter your bridge # and your pin and it’s supposed to display your recordings page.

Beware of basementventures.com if you need recordings.

By: Michael Davis

Michael Davis — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:58:48 +0000

Hi Jeannine,

I remember a similar incident with their call record feature, but it had to do with there being a hidden step to initiate it. I failed the first couple times, then dug into their documentation and found what I was doing wrong. It was frustrating and not very clear.

Personally, I still use FreeConferenceCall.com. More out of habit than anything else. I’ve also used the record a call feature in GrandCentral.com.

Best,
Michael

By: Jeannine Lee

Jeannine Lee — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:43:54 +0000

I have an alternate view of Basement Ventures. I recorded a call last week - or thought I did. I waited 24 hours, it did not show up. I emailed support FIVE TIMES and have still not gotten a response. That was 5 days ago. (Still no response.)

I signed up for another number through them and went through the same thing. No recording, no response from support after several attempts.

Honestly? I don’t think anyone moderates this thing at all. I need a new free or relatively free conferencing service. Any ideas?

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By: ahmed

ahmed — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:07:36 +0000

this a group tele cont

By: ahmed

ahmed — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:06:59 +0000

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By: Andrew Gross

Andrew Gross — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:45:43 +0000

I think they make their money on other services (http://www.basementventures.com/services.aspx) and the conference calling is marketing for them.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:15:51 +0000

I don’t understand. Basement Ventures offers this great free service. We pay our own telephone charges. They say there’s no catch. What’s in it for them? I tried looking around and there’s no offer for upgrading or toll-free services, etc.

By: Michael Davis

Michael Davis — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:47:37 +0000

Hi Sara,

Thanks for your comment. It looks like Basement Ventures is making some folks very happy. I’ll be checking it out on my upcoming calls.

Best,
Michael