Thanks Jay. For the chasers across the pond you (and other web cam users) are sure providing a super service here. I know plenty of UK chasers are checking in on the new cams. For me I had an almost constant stream last night, it was fantastic to watch. This technology can only improve. Whilst network reliant I'm sure it won't be long before the geeks get a satellite system running and 100% coverage. I wonder if Baron are on the case
Btw how does the autonet solution perform? I know a number of UK chasers coming over (incl myself) are considering this option, as it is now utilised by some car hire companies. Contract cellphone solutions are not an option for us.
Thanks.
Mark
Satellite internet will take a long time before it will have the upload speed that cellular internet will. While download speeds and nationwide access to satellite internet may be here soon, the upload speeds will be horrible, and not very effective for streaming video.
And to answer the question, or Server Technical Lead, Ben Holcomb, works for a major server house. We are ready to add more servers and up our bandwidth to a gigabit switch with a moments notice.
Last night we had over 3000 unique IP addresses and were pushing 20 Mbps data traffic. The server only hit 5% usage. We are ready to see what kind of results we will have on a big chase day!
Keep signing up! We are over 60 streamers at SevereStreaming.com! Just imagine 60 different feeds to choose from on a big chase day.
I want to add to Kelly's comments above. While we chose to archive the streamed footage, it will not be released to the public or used by SevereStudios.com without prior approval from the SevereStreamer. As we have said before, we do not resell your video, we do not claim any copyright, we will not put a logo over it. We will provide the archived footage to the chaser upon request. (For example, if Steve Miller TX wants the video from his chase to place on his website, we will provide that to him.) Now, some chasers may agree to allow us to provide archived footage on our website. If some agree to that, we will place the video on our site for viewing. I just want to make sure that people understand that we will only do this with approval from the copyright holder.
Unlike Ustream and Streamwebtown and others, we do not take your video and resell it. We do not violate your copyright.
Thanks!