Conducting a conference call over a computer network

A conferencing computer hardware system configured to conduct a conference call between a plurality of participants, comprising:

• a hardware processor configured to perform:
• generating, by location, the plurality of participants into a plurality of separate groups;
• identifying a plurality of domestic focuses from the plurality of participants;
• disconnecting, from the conference call, those of the plurality of participants not selected as a domestic focus;
• and
• routing the conference call only through the plurality of domestic focuses, wherein
• a single domestic focus is assigned to each of the plurality of separate groups.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having stored therein program instructions for conducting a conference call between a plurality of participants,
• the program instructions, which when executed by a conferencing computer hardware system, cause the conferencing computer hardware system to perform:
• generating, by location, the plurality of participants into a plurality of separate groups;
• identifying a plurality of domestic focuses from the plurality of participants;
• disconnecting, from the conference call, those of the plurality of participants not selected as a domestic focus;
• and
• routing the conference call only through the plurality of domestic focuses, wherein
• a single domestic focus is assigned to each of the plurality of separate groups.