> Hey guys,

> Just thought I'd share a small update with everyone. After some of my
> initial questions around the Plivo offering I've been spending quite a bit
> of time with it lately. I must tell you I love what I see and it's all
> starting to make more sense. Looks like we're actually going to be making
> the switch to Plivo from our previous vendor which I'm excited about. Kudos
> to everyone, you've put together a great product thus far...thanks for that!

> I have a question as I'm getting a bit deeper into the integration process
> and am thinking through different ways to architect our product. I'm
> looking to implement large conference calls for our company with one
> primary organizer and multiple 'muted' participants. From previous
> conversations it sounds like I don't have to worry too much about rate
> limiting, but should I be aware of any timing issues that I may want to
> plan around for dialing in a large number of listeners on a call. For
> example, let's say we have 1,000 listeners who have agreed to be on a call
> that the president of our company has scheduled. My initial thoughts were
> to initiate the call to the organizer, and then dial in everyone else
> placing them all in the same conference call as they arrive. Should I be
> aware of how long it might take to get those 1,000 listeners into the
> conference call? Perhaps I should initiate the call differently by dialing
> in the listeners first and allowing them to listen to hold music before
> dialing in the call organizer?

> Thanks in advance for any help.

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 10:36 AM, mashton <mash...@4all.com> wrote:
> With conferences that large the issue may be more of data speed. If on a
> local network may not be an issue, but if remote your going to need some
> good bandwidth. An option to consider especially if you have mainly
> listeners is to have regional conference numbers set up, and then have the
> main conference bridged or using shoutcast streamed to the other conference
> bridges as played sound or even to users listening via their browsers.

> A bit more to setup but may ensure a better outcome for all the listeners.

> Mike

> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 6:03 PM, conrad.decker <con...@cdevtechnologies.com
> > wrote:

>> Hey guys,

>> Just thought I'd share a small update with everyone. After some of my
>> initial questions around the Plivo offering I've been spending quite a bit
>> of time with it lately. I must tell you I love what I see and it's all
>> starting to make more sense. Looks like we're actually going to be making
>> the switch to Plivo from our previous vendor which I'm excited about. Kudos
>> to everyone, you've put together a great product thus far...thanks for that!

>> I have a question as I'm getting a bit deeper into the integration
>> process and am thinking through different ways to architect our product.
>> I'm looking to implement large conference calls for our company with one
>> primary organizer and multiple 'muted' participants. From previous
>> conversations it sounds like I don't have to worry too much about rate
>> limiting, but should I be aware of any timing issues that I may want to
>> plan around for dialing in a large number of listeners on a call. For
>> example, let's say we have 1,000 listeners who have agreed to be on a call
>> that the president of our company has scheduled. My initial thoughts were
>> to initiate the call to the organizer, and then dial in everyone else
>> placing them all in the same conference call as they arrive. Should I be
>> aware of how long it might take to get those 1,000 listeners into the
>> conference call? Perhaps I should initiate the call differently by dialing
>> in the listeners first and allowing them to listen to hold music before
>> dialing in the call organizer?

>> Thanks in advance for any help.