Hello, I am a very new user here. Due to the current situation where everyone is confined at home, I have to organize meetings where most attendants, just like me, are not so young, and not so computer experts. While some suggested to Skype or Zoom, JITSI was mentioned to me.
As it is so simple, no registration, emails setup, etc, I would like to be able to use it.
Our consrn is that some of the old attendant do not even have internet, just a phone, land line, and would like to be able to listen.
Can I do this ? they would dial into a number and listen ?
if yes, how can I do this. (please kindly let me have detailed steps)
Thanks for asking this; I have a similar situation with a group switching from freeconference call and wanting video, but some with just phones. Encouraging reply, and glad that it worked for you!
I was very interested by having some participants by phone because we have some people without the internet or any equipment (Thx countryside)
The discussion was a real hope to have everyone in one meeting!
But I can’t make it work.
I’m in France, where were your tries? If in France, have you any ideas of what’s going wrong?
I’m calling the french number I find in the meeting room
The robot voice asks me connection information
I compose de Pin number and “#”
then, two choices:
the call cuts
it’s an identification error, I have to try again, but it finally cuts after 2 ou 3 tries.
Hi! I have no answer to the initial question, but another question to ask the community: how can I know that the phone number provided in the invitation to join the meeting will be “long distance” or free of charge? Thank you
Hi! After trying a video conference with an attendee joining by phone, it is confirmed that the number provided for Canada isn’t free for everyone. If the phone you use to join the conference is located outside Toronto, it is a long-distance call for you. My friend who dialed in the conference using her Montreal cellphone now has a huge bill to pay.
I think it is an issue that should be addressed by Jitsi since the goal is that the service should be free to everybody… and not just for Toronto people
Yikes, how unfortunate for your friend! Was she on a landline or do Canadian cell phone carriers charge you if you’re calling into a different area code? (In the United States, the phone companies only bilk our old folks with landlines that way.)
If all Canadian phones are charged long distance by area code, you might be asking for more than you think from 8x8 (the angel investor company that funds meet.jit.si). Duckduckgo says there are 42 different areacodes in Canada, so that’d be 42 different phone numbers. That may fit with their goals for the service, but it could also be costly.
Hi there!
I was also struggling to help some people without internet connection to access our meetings with a phone call.
Apparently it doesn’t work at all when you use the same meeting room throughout the days.
But when you create a new room like 30 minutes max before each meeting, it works perfectly.
I got the tip from another friend and it worked.
Hope this helps.
Cheers and thanks for all the above tips, comments, etc.