Some might enable Internet audio, and others might block the packets. People using the Conference Center need to understand their own corporate firewall as well as the other company's firewall. When speed and packet sequences are slowed or altered, this directly impacts the quality of the audio transmission. PlaceWare is most concerned with quality of the audio. If the audio is poor or less than acceptable, the total experience of the Web conference is affected.
Packets contain bytes that either turn into text or audio.
Sometimes packets get lost and the initial sender has to send them again and this causes a delay. For example, a presenter has to leave the slides up longer in the meeting room or auditorium so that the presenter's words match the slide being shown.