> I'm gonna have to setup an Internet radio. As I am shopping around for a
> dedicated server I came up with this issue: How much bandwidth and what
> kind of connection would I need for the station so that 2,000 users
> could hear the streaming at the same time at 128kbps.
That depends a bit on the streaming technology. If you use
unicast, the equetion is: 2000 * 128 kbps = 256 Mbps
If your users can use multicast, you need 128 kbps.
> One of the companies told me a 1 terabyte/month data transfer with a
> 5mbps connection would do the job. Do I need this much?
For multicast it is too much, for unicast it is too little.
> Something else. We're thinking of transmitting on plain mp3 only. No wma
> or ra. Is this a good move?
Usually, simplicity is good.
Jochem
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