Re: [videoblogging] is blip.tv faster than Archive/Ourmedia?

[Michael Meiser]

On Jan 12, 2006, at 8:30 AM, Michael Sullivan wrote: in-depth comparison... no. But IA has been notoriously slow.  It's not meant for VideoOnDemand but rather for archival storage. Supposedly, they are and/or want to scale up to meet the demands of Open Media Distribution. Blip.TV is faster and more reliable, stable and easier to use etc.... I have noticed that of late the download speed has slowed a bit but that could be unique to my experience. They do use some throttling but not sure if that is only on uploads or not.  Blipper boys can chime in. Ha! You said "blipper boys"... I love it. In case you don't get it... you know when you have a hit webservice when people openly start giving you knocknames in public. It's a cult marketing indicator. I've not thoroughly tested other free services speed but VSocial.com is an overall great option. Otherwise, if you can afford about $100 a year or less.... use dreamhost or 1and1.  I'm interested to hear more of your opnions and reviews sull... do you do a services and tools guide on vlogdir? As of yet I've not seen any sorts of tool and tools "guides" and "reviews" rise to the top.  Steve garfield does some, and their's a cool guide for ipod compatible videos though I forget the url off hand and I'm talking more about tools and services not content. There's DV Guid, but it's non-specific. What others have I missed? -Mike sull On 1/12/06, wazman_au <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've been getting complaints that Crash Test Kitchen vids don't download quickly enough. Ideally I'd like to host the videos myself, and I was doing this initially, but I started uploading to the Internet Archive a while back because our bandwidth costs were getting out of control. I've started moving a few videos across to blip.tv which seems faster on the face of it. Has anyone done any in-depth comparison of the speed of the blip compared with IA? What is the most blazingly fast free service available (if there is one)? Waz http://www.crashtestkitchen.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:      [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:     http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- sull - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "The hybrid or the meeting of two media is a moment of truth and revelation from which new form is born" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://vlogdir.com - The Videoblog Directory http://videobloggers.org - Free Videoblog Hosting / Vlogosphere Aggregator http://interdigitate.com - on again off again personal vlog YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Use Explains YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.