Re: RE: Audio Broadcast

I've been running an Online Radio since 1998, using the SHOUTcast technology. Which streams Mp3's. It requires a large ammount of Bandwidth.
To stream 24/7 you need the tracks on your computer streaming 24/7, which means 24/7 uptime and also dedicated internet connection.
You can find 128K streams at around $2/slot around the cheapest I could find on a Quality host.
Check these places.
http://www.ibnhosting.net << Specializes in SHOUTcast
http://gotgameservers.com << May do SHOUTcast Specializes in game Servers

My Website can be found at http://www.dawgclan.net
Hope this helped,
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: Matt <ncmail(at)triad.rr.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2003 7:31 am
Subject: RE: Audio Broadcast

> Thanks Mike and David for the responses.
> 
> At 02:01 AM 9/3/03 +1000, Mike Kear wrote:
> 
> >What country is the broadcast from?  It makes a HUGE difference.  
> What
> >country is the server going to be in, and what country is the 
> organisation>owning the site going to be in?
> 
> All three answers are USA.
> 
> >For example in the USA, there is a HORRENDOUS cost associated 
> with streaming
> >audio, which has taken most of the US based on-line broadcasters 
> off the air
> 
> Do you mean the charges from service providers who host streaming 
> audio?
> >In Australia, the bandwidth cost is gigantic, even though the royalty
> >payments aren't.
> 
> I am working with instructional content so it won't require 
> royalties.  My 
> challenge is to find the cheapest, most accessible format to 
> transmit 
> blocks of audio content to a person's computer so they can listen 
> to it.
> 
> At 08:01 AM 9/2/03 -1000, David wrote:
> 
> >IIRC, the Shoutcast streaming MP3 server software is
> >available free.
> 
> Does that mean that I would have to run my own server from my 
> office?  Do 
> you think that is something that generic web hosting companies 
> would do or 
> would it require an expensive service provider?
> 
> I am thinking that a downloadable MP3 format might be the cheapest 
> answer. 
> People could listen on their machine or an MP3 device or burn an 
> audio CD, etc.
> 
> Any further ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matt
> 
> 
> 
> 

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