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Looks to be the latest in phone "scams", but this one seems to be aimed at the telcos instead of the individual user. In either case, the services will be unavailable to the enduser

Source Arstechnica

AT&T/Cingular has begun blocking access to a free conference calling service last week, claiming that such services are costing the wireless giant millions in rerouting and "termination fees." AT&T/Cingular users have been reporting that they no longer can dial into some free conference calling services, and Cingular spokesperson Mark Siegel told Ars that the reason the company has decided to start blocking these services is because high volumes of calls to similar services are costly, and the cost for those calls aren’t passed on to the customer. "We have to pay terminating access for every minute the person is on the line," Siegel explained. "Typically these companies run them through local exchange companies that charge high access rates, so we end up paying high access charges."

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