I Would Like To Attend Today's IBM Executive Briefing on Web 2.0

I received an invitation to today's IBM Executive Briefing for Bloggers on Web 2.0. I would love to be able to dial in and listen. Unfortunately there is one small problem. I am not near a land line. I would use Skype, but IBM's conference line numbers (toll or toll free) are "forbidden" through Skype. This is the error message I always get:



and the official reason given on the Skype web site is:

Skype tells me the number I am trying to call is forbidden, why is that?

Unfortunately Skype does not support calls to all number ranges in every country. There are a select number of premium priced or geographic/country specific numbers which are forbidden and cannot be reached using SkypeOut at this time. If the number you are calling is not supported we apologize for that and suggest that you use a different method to call that number.

Has anyone else encountered this before, and how have you worked around it? What I have done in the past is call someone else on Skype and had them patch me in. This is not the most efficient method in the era of Web 2.0, is it?