You can also use the the Coral Content Distribution Network if you are planning spikes.
http://www.coralcdn.org/ bertrand -- http://www.podesk.com 2007/2/8, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I know a lot of people use Dreamhost, but for anyone thinking of > signing up, I'd check out David Meade's recent experiences with them > at www.davidmeade.com - poor support, so common to Hosting services, > which is yet another reason to use Blip. > > > On 8 Feb 2007, at 02:09, leanbackvids wrote: > > I can't help but recommend that you should host your own domain and > videos. It can be cheap and offer many benefits. > > For under $10, Dreamhost offers over 1.8TB per month with weekly > increases. That is way more bandwidth than most vloggers will need, > and it can withstand a Digg day. The biggest advatage is in owning > your domain and ensuring that your links are preserved in the location > you expect. Basically, you are have more control. > > Of course, you can continue to upload your QT files to the networks > (blip, youtube, etc) to get the added value of various formats and > promotion. > > Oh, another option is LibSyn, which limits storage but offers > unlimited bandwidth. The price is cheap and the downloads are slow... > http://www.libsyn.com/signup.php > > Just throwing 2cents into the pot. > > -Matt > http://vlogmap.org > http://ridertech.com > > --- In [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > Lan Bui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Tony, > > > > What kind of spikes are you anticipating? 100mb per day? 100gb per > > day? 100gb per hour? 1,000,000 views per day? > > > > I would talk to "the big guys" of hosting to see if their shared > > hosting will allow what you anticipate. I used to use 1and1.com for > > hosting videos on a shared server and had no problems, but now have > > everything on blip.tv because I don't have to worry about bandwidth > > issues at all. > > > > If you currently have a host just call them and ask. > > > > -Lan > > www.LanBui.com > > -------------------- > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- http://www.bertrandgondouin.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
