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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
I might not know what you're intending, but your words suggest that you don't fully grok what it takes to host a webcast well. You shouldn't expect to just plug into a generic "high speed internet" connection and be able to serve video to hundreds of viewers. Pay attention to Cory.
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Alan, you would be surprised how good of a webcast you can host with a basic highspeed connection. Using Ustream.tv last year I was able to host over 500 people at one point, and that was when flash streaming was still in its relative infancy. A year later i've seen these services handle almost 10,000 viewers at once. Online streaming is getting easier and easier every year, to a point where there shouldn't be a regional that doesn't have a webcast going.
edit: and with these web-based flash streaming services you don't need to worry about firewall settings and all that jazz, as long as you can get to the web page you can stream.