On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 03:31:18PM -0800 or thereabouts, Leo Vegoda wrote: > On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 4:43 PM Steve Karmeinsky <[email protected]> wrote: > > [...] > > > In 2000 Demon also netcast the first Big Brother (Nasty Nick) with BT and I > > think at peak there were 34,000 streams (17K > > each) which was the largest netcast at the time (also using Real Networks > > streaming tech). > > Shame Demon never took full advantage of the free 2 streams (in perpetuity) > > that each customer could have. > I didn't understand what people could usefully achieve with two > streams when they were made available and I still don't. I'd love to > understand what opportunity was missed.
This was befoire streaming/MP3/etc became popular, so anyone with a website on Demon could host some form of audio that was streamed (rather than downloaded via http). Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44 7775 755503 UK +44 20 3432 3735 / US +1 (650) 423 1390 social id stevekennedyuk Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.net
