[Hidden-tech] streaming video hosting/services

[matthew at the-spa.com]

well first thing you want to look for is someone who runs windows
2003, it has some tremendous capabilities for hosting that are far
better than what windows 2000 or before had.

i would have been happy to host it as i was not only an isp owner but
an independent filmmaker so i was very into streaming video
technologies but as part of my deal with crocker i can't do any
hosting.

i would email tpoulin at crocker.com i know they have some windows
hosting, i would ask if they have any windows2003 hosting and you
specifically want to use the windows media services.

that is what i run on my dual xeon server that i colocated there.
they have tons of bandwidth.

streaming can use tremely large amounts of bandwidth and if the
provider you are conisidering doesn't charge extra for large amounts
of bandwidth that usually means that they don't have a ton of
bandwidth and/or they choke your server so you can't use that much
anyway.

the big secret behind these isp's who do unlimited bandwidth is that
they put a limit on how much you can use so no matter how much
traffic you get their limits either block out traffic or each person
trying to stream gets such a small amount of bandwidth that they
might as well be on dialup!

but the nice thing is that the windows media server is a dream to
work with.

matthew
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>Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:55:33 -0500
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>>Can anyone recommend a company that specializes in hosting streaming
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>>as well as streaming video related services?  A large, national
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>>would be preferred.
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>>Thanks,
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