Long load times when visiting site and prevent idle

[JessePeplinski]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5480337/easy-way-to-prevent-heroku-idling

I'd like so that the load time doesn't take so long for the site. I've read an article starting that pinging the server every so often might help. I think the upgrade will definitely help as well, but we have to wait a little while for the funding.

For a general article on how the dynos work: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/dynos#dyno-idling

And my inspiration for this issue: http://ibuildmvps.com/blog/why-your-first-heroku-rails-app-loads-so-slow