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In Twilio, when creating an outbound Call we don't have ability to add third person later. But we can do it when using a Conference. Calls are a bit cheaper than conferences. So it looks strange, why should anyone bother with creating outbound Calls and not start Conference directly?

To summarize: is there any advantage of using Call vs Conference for "regular" (two person) outbound calls? Besides small cost factor.

dimakura
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For two person is not difference, the difference through the documentation is for big groups of call members. The difference between both is to keep latency down that is the main difference with other services.

Conference Allows for audio conference calls with up to 250 participants. The calls are automatically hosted in the closest of the six geographic regions Twilio currently offers to keep latency down.

For calls with more than 250 participants Twilio’s new “Epic Conference” service can now handle an unlimited number of participants.

But, I concrete: is there any advantage of using Call vs Conference for "regular" (two person) outbound calls? No, is'nt any advantage., the main feature is for big groups.

Benjamin RD
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  • Why are you so certain? From your answer follows, that Calls are just "restricted" Conferences. Why would anyone do such a thing? – dimakura Mar 29 '18 at 16:44
  • I'm already used both it @dimakura and I know you said "Besides small cost factor." but, for this case, the implementation to keep a group segmented in different endpoints for conference has different cost, giving users a "premium sensation". Why they do that? I don't know. – Benjamin RD Mar 29 '18 at 16:48
  • Unfortunately nothing new in your answer. – dimakura Apr 05 '18 at 07:57