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Mac,

I've used a couple of providers for bandwidth, Limelight (who actually
provide Youtube with all their bandwidth) and Advection. Limelight (
http://www.limelightnetworks.com) are the daddys basically, have a chat with
George Meek (Mobile: +44 (0) 7734 110 587, Office: +44 (0) 207 203 8408 Email:
george at llnw.com) but note that he can be tricky to get hold of. The only
issue with Limelight is that their entry level tariffs are still kinda
pricey for small scale delivery. However, thats where Advection come in.
They are much more 'barebones' but their monthly tariffs go right down to
the ad-support 'free' level. For more info have a look at
http://www.advection.net/services/pricing_matrix_mp.html. I don't have a
recent contact for them other than what's on their site (
http://www.advection.net/company/index.html).

Both of the above will let you relay a live stream to their servers and on
to a wider audience if that is a requirement.

You don't mention whether your doing live webcasts or not. If you can get
away with not doing live work then YouTube is a viable option but obviously
the quality is limited and you get the lovely YouTube logo over everything.

HTH,

Mark


On 12/19/06, mac jordan <mac.jordan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm talking to a potential client who does quite a few webcasts and will
> be
> looking to do a lot more next year.
>
> anyone know a good provider of such bandwidth? - I suspect it'll be
> cheaper
> to go to one of the big boys for this kind of stuff.
>
> or would Youtube do?
>
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