[Mike AA]

Even using a school's internet connection (typically a max of a T-3), wont be enough to webcast to a decent number of people.

Just get equipment to record and stream to NASA or ustream where they can actually host the video. Nasa has Gigs of Bandwidth and has been used for many regionals. Trying to host video to lots of people using a T-1 would just be dumb and a DSL is even more dumb. You have to think about UPLOAD speed not download speed.

Realistically all you would require is :

1. Permission to use the venue's internet connection
2. A computer with a video capture card and network interface card.
3. A computer with free/cheap software to stream the video ( do a search on here ).
4. A ustream account.
5. Someone to occasionally monitor the computer and watch chiefdelphi for input.

-Mike AA