All I received an email from one of my conference bridge providers this evening that discussed the conference call industry's scramble to add more bandwidth in the face of the rapid increase in conference calls. It made a suggestion that conference calls should start 5, 15, 45 or 50 minutes PAST the hour, because demand surges on the hour and half hour. This could explain the poor quality of the Legislative Advocacy Committees recent conference call using the ARRL bridge. The suggestion to stagger conference call start times is worth considering. Be well and safe. _______________________________________ John Robert Stratton N5AUS Director West Gulf Division Office:512-445-6262 Cell:512-426-2028 P.O. Box 2232 Austin, Texas 78768-2232 *_______________________________________***