Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 10:58:11 +0800 From: "aLan Tait" <aLan@fil.net> To: Ronald Wiplinger <ronald@trace.net.tw> Cc: "freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Relay Media streaming server Message-ID: <3845E043.BB793AF@fil.net> References: <19991130200747.A17859@intrepid.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.991201123758.8937A-100000@ns2.jjsoft.com> <19991201145423.G25021@intrepid.net> <3845B5EB.FE52F2F@fil.net> <3845B8B8.D1DA62FF@trace.net.tw>
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Thanks, I'll give it a try! aLan Ronald Wiplinger wrote: > > Maybe you want to look at http://www.live365.com > > It is free to relay there!!! > (100 streams only, with a max of 56k !!! THAT IS ALL YOUR BANDWIDTH YOU HAVE > ANYWAY ;-) ) > > bye > > Ronald > > aLan Tait wrote: > > > Mark Conway Wirt wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 12:40:25PM -0600, jahanur wrote: > > > > > > > > Yes I have talked to them about it. And they told me about the basic > > > > server which is 25 concurrect connections. > > > > I think I am going to go with it. > > > > But I would like to ask you another question that you dont have to answer > > > > but it would be help ful if you do: How much extra are isp ppl charging > > > > for providing this service? > > > > > > Well, unless it's a heavy site and imposes some pretty strict > > > constraints on your hardware platform, charging it via bandwidth > > > utilization seems reasonable. I think at this point most -- if not > > > all -- ISPs have a vehicle for charging the customer for "excess" > > > bandwidth utilization. Provided that you have a way to enforce it, > > > that would probably be sufficient. If it's not, you may want to look > > > at your bandwidth policies. > > > > > > --Mark > > > -- > > > > Does anyone know if you could relay this? I run a tiny ISP > > in the Philippines where bandwidth prices a super high (64 > > Kbps = US$4,000). I would like to supply the Pinoys > > (Filipinos) around the world a chance to listen to a local > > radio station, but frankly, the bandwidth cost too much. > > What I was thinking was if I could put out only one stream > > to a friendly ISP in the USA (where bandwidth is very cheap) > > maybe it could be relayed there and I could give a little > > bit of "home" to a number of overseas workers just trying to > > make a living for their families back home. > > > > For example, my site (http://fil.net) is also mirrored in > > the USA on Pair Networks... Would it be possible to > > establish say a radio.fil.net somewhere that could take my > > one radio stream and feed it to a number of requesters. I > > doubt the bandwidth would be that high. > > > > I could even switch stations on a daily basis... DYMY on > > Sunday, DYSR on Monday, DYEM on Tuesday... etc. > > > > Any ideas? Any friendly ISP's like a 3rd world project? > > > > aLan > > -- > > I switched from When?Doze NT... > > I never knew "When?" > > It was going to "Doze!" > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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