why so much?

[global_groove6]

whats with these expensive hosting companies? wonder if anyone actually pays for it.

$7 per 64kbps listner

http://www.iwsds.net/service.php?s=shoutcast

$10 per 128kbps

http://www.iminteractive.net/shoutcast.html

http://www.iminbudget.com/shoutcast.htm

BTW does anyone have any experience with any of these guys: 3 bucks per listener doesnt seem that bad anymore.

http://www.mitkhosting.com/shout.html

and

http://www.mediacast1.com/

[angst]

bandwidth is very costly.
try searching the forums here, and you'll find many posts on this subject

[Bean-Net-Ken]

Most people have to charge this month becasue they don't own thier own line, which means they have to buy it threw some one, some could be as high as 375$ per mbit such as www.netfire.com

Regards,

Kenneth Bean

[Jay]

yea it all relates to cost if they have a high cost provider they will pass that on to you.

Some will pay if they can give that additional guarentee of uptime or reliability I am sure.

[global_groove6]

still seems like a major rip-off. If you wanted to go ahead and spend $500 a month for 50 listeners be my guest but I bet you can get the exact same quality of service for less then half of that. Someone like vbidigital I'm sure can easily match their performance.

[Bean-Net-Ken]

For 500-1000$ I can get you 100% gaurnteed lol.