Is the $100 a month Zoom Audio Conferencing option worth it?

[luisenriquereyes]

Here in the Dominican Republic, many publishers and studies with limited means, have only landline home phones or NON smart phones and NO internet.

 

So we have enabled the option in Zoom for them to call into the meeting.

 

They call in and connect fine to the meetings but at the cost of their limited minutes per month for their landline or NON smart phone plans.

 

For example, if they have a monthly plan with only 100 minutes, a 1 hour and 30 minute meeting will use up 90 minutes of their monthly plan.

Our BOE asked me to look into adding the Zoom add-on option called "Audio Conferencing" with Toll-Free call-in option as you see in the attached images.

 

What do you all think?  $100 a month is a bit much.  But the need is for about 30 publishers.

Plus it seems that there could be extra charges based on minutes used?

I was searching to see if there was other options but it seems like we are limited.  The Dominican Republic branch does not have KHCONF as an option.
 

Edited April 2, 2020 by luisenriquereyes

[Qapla]

Have you tried contacting the Branch to see what they recommend? 

[carlos]

The information in the Zoom.us website is very confusing. The way I understand it, with the toll-free option those who call don't pay anything but the congregation pays an amount per caller per minute. The $100 is just a minimum fee. The real price can be much higher.

[luisenriquereyes]

2 hours ago, Qapla said:

Have you tried contacting the Branch to see what they recommend? 

Looks like we will have to. Thanks

3 minutes ago, carlos said:

The information in the Zoom.us website is very confusing. The way I understand it, with the toll-free option those who call don't pay anything but the congregation pays an amount per caller per minute. The $100 is just a minimum fee. The real price can be much higher.

Yes I am confused with it.  Looks like the cost will add up fast.