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    Smile dedicated server for streaming video

    I am looking for a server to serve streaming video, I plan to use progressive download instead of live streaming, so I don't need a Flash Media Server.

    Can anyone recommend a good provider? fast? I am using hivelocity and it's not fast enough to the level of my competitors tho.

    Thank you!

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    What's your budget, expected bandwidth usage, and do you have a preference for where the server should be located?

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    Speed is one thing, but bandwidth is a huge necessity when it comes to any type of streaming.

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    When you say fast, are you referring to the network quality or the uplink speed?
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    Budget is not a problem.

    The speed i mean is the streaming speed. I use flv progressive streaming. I set the bitrate to 200, and the playing is still faster than the buffering. I can't set lower than 200bps because i want to maintain quality.

    North America is my target.

    Thank you for your info!

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    You're probably looking for a provider with a central location and a good mix of bandwidth providers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnnywhale_ca View Post
    I am looking for a server to serve streaming video, I plan to use progressive download instead of live streaming, so I don't need a Flash Media Server.

    Can anyone recommend a good provider? fast? I am using hivelocity and it's not fast enough to the level of my competitors tho.

    Thank you!
    Please shoot me an email or PM with your server information. I can have one of our network engineers look into your speed issues. We can probably tweak some things to help you out.
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    200kbps is pretty poor. Just about any provider can do better than that within the US and usually worldwide as well. I'd venture a guess there's a problem with your server or the particular segment of their network you're on. Your server could also be overloaded if you're loading a lot of simultaneous streams off of a slow hard disk.
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    You should look at the CDN system from softlayer. It's quite good for what you need
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    You might want to look at your network settings to see if you are receiving any errors on the card.
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