Meeting24.tv - extra-simple web conferencing

Meeting24.tv is Japan web conferencing system that lets up to 24 users simultaneously hold meetings online through a web browser. The service is based on the assumption that other online meeting solutions such as TokBox, Cisco’s Webex, Polycom or Skype are just too complex. Meeting24.tv has simple, minimalistic interface, which is supposed to make it easy for anyone to use. There is no client installation needed, no registration, no document sharing, no video mail, no contact list and even no text chatting. Only the organizer of the planned meeting is required to sign up and receives a dedicated URL. The URL can then be mailed to a maximum of 24 users who just have to click on the link to go to the “meeting room”. They are then instantly able to see and talk to the other participants for up to 24 hours before the lights go out.

For $100 a month get you a pro account, which lets you use a single meeting room without limitations and protect access with a password (users of the free version also get to see ads). The fee is a bit on the steep side, but in this economy holding meetings online should be a particularly attractive option for many companies trying to push down travel expenses.