Every minute of every day, somewhere, someone is pounding on a keyboard or screaming at their computer, “How do I contact the people behind this web site, or this blog?” Too many web sites make it difficult for viewers to connect.

Later that same day you might become frustrated because the emails you sent to a business associate or friend landed in the black hole of a SPAM folder. Or maybe you were away from your computer and the screen on your phone is too small to read, but you need to check on the delivery of the sofa you just ordered. If you call the sofa company they will put you on hold, forever. You just want to know the date of the delivery - why should it be so hard?

All of these examples are easily solved by better utilizing the everyday, plain old telephone.

Ifbyphone is providing developers with free access to the Ifbyhone Phone Mashup API services for six months. The Ifbyphone Phone Mashup API is specifically designed to allow any developer who knows how to build a forms-based web application to build Phone Mashups. These include services to initiate and control phone calls, receive and process phone calls, schedule phone calls, and manage voice broadcast and voice mail services.

Developers will have access to complete Interactive Voice Response (IVR) capabilities traditionally only available to major corporations, including interactive voice dialogs (Voice Forms), Automated speech recognition and text-to- speech capabilities.

Free Phone Mashup accounts are limited to 100 minutes per month and expire in six months. Subscriptions to full Phone Mashup API service begin at $39.95 per month.

Click here to sign up for a completely free Ifbyphone Phone Mashup account.