Dear people,
excuse me if this topic has been covered, I'll expect that I'll be duly chastised and this post/thread will be removed.
I've found your forum and software whilst searching for requirements for a small NPO community radio station that I do tech support for.
They would like to stream their broadcast to the world online... online world, even...
Whilst not having researched such a project before, it's my belief that their uplink, as provided by their ISP, will not be sufficient. I'm under this impression from also believing that *each* listener is a separate connection to their broadcasting PC. This to me means that the pipe will fill up pretty quickly.
Would there be a thread here that puts into perspective the limits of such ambitions. I.e. How many listeners could be provided for from a standard end point (non commercial Internet Service, with a 256 or 512kbps uplink speed).
I'm sure the sales section for the BroadWave software will maybe give me some dollar indication of how many clients I can have listening when x amount of server is bought/rented but I'd definitely appreciate if these ballpark numbers to given as well. eg. a $50/mth server rental will provide enough connections for 500 listeners... ?
I essentially told the Station Manager that I doubted he had the facility with his current setup to provide for more than a few listeners. Real internet availability would require a rented server solution, the costs and details of which I am now researching.
Many thanks to you (all) for the time to read and, if I am even luckier, answer.
cheers
Dee
