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Its tough times for almost everyone and a penny saved is a penny, well you know what I mean.
I am a huge fan and a paying customer already of HiDef conferencing and if you aren’t you should be.
Got this email a few minutes ago from them, fantastic to see a company like this putting its money where its mouth is and supporting us entrepreneurs.

To all of our valued customers:

We at www.hidefconferencing.com know that these economic times create anxiety and uncertainty for many of you. We want you to know that www.hidefconferencing.com is on solid ground financially and is continuing to grow our user base at an exciting rate. As our way of saying thanks we will not be charging you any fees for your account plans or any of your usage through the rest of this year, 2008 You will also continue to enjoy the same level of service and support that you have become accustomed to from www.hidefconferencing.com but without any of the monthly charges that you have been paying.
A couple of things to keep in mind:
*Web controls and the recording feature will remain active and available to you
*You will be able to use Skype and regular telephones
*US Toll Free Service will remain subject to the same minute allocations as before
*International Toll Free service unfortunately will have to remain inactive until January, 2009
*The US local numbers will be available at no extra charge through the end of 2008.
In these uncertain times, we want to thank you for supporting www.hidefconferencing.com and do our small part to help you out. However, you can expect us to begin charging you around January 1, 2009.