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title: "Can the Z/IPStream products tell me how many listeners I have."
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# Can the Z/IPStream products tell me how many listeners I have.

## Scope

This article applies to the Telos Z/IPStream products. This includes;

- Omnia A/XE - (Discontinued)
- Z/IPStream X/2 (Discontinued)
- Z/IPStream R/1
- Z/IPStream R/2 (Discontinued)
- Z/IPStream R/20
- Z/IPStream X/20

## Description

Customers will often ask if the Telos stream offerings can report the number of current listeners to a stream.

The short answer is no.

The Z/IPStream products are intended to be a streaming "encoder" and not a "server." The Z/IPStream converts whatever audio and data source you supply into an encoded audio stream that is then sent to a replication server for delivery to your listeners. The process of "serving" a stream is one that can be quite CPU intensive and, in addition (if you have lots of listeners), requires a fair bit of internet bandwidth.