Streaming Media Service Levels

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Live and On-Demand Streaming Service Levels

This table shows our streaming bandwidth levels and pricing, along with some example uses, to give you an idea of how many listeners or viewers can be supported at each level, and at various bitrates.

You'll need to choose the right service level for the anticipated audience size and streaming bitrate you'll be using. The following are general guidelines for bitrate choice:

• 16-32 kbps - good for monoaural audio.
• 48-96 kbps - good for stereo audio
• 128-192 kbps - low to medium quality video
• 256-512 kbps - better quality video

Each simultaneous listener or viewer will consume bandwidth equal to the bitrate at which your media is encoded, thus 10 listeners to a 64 kbps stream will consume 640 kbps, requiring at least the 1,024 kbps level of service, as 640 kbps is greater than 512 kbps.

When considering this pricing, bear in mind that if you were to attempt to stream at 6,144 kbps in house, you would need to have 4 bonded T1 data lines at your location, at an average cost of over $2,000 per month, compared to our $119.95 per month.

For service above 6,144 kbps, we can provide a dedicated streaming server with 2,000 gigabytes of monthly usage, for $299.00 per month. Please contact us for further information on this option.

Live broadcast streaming is discounted by over 80%, for churches who are only streaming church services and events. Because a church will typically broadcast for less than 15 hours per week, it's unreasonable to pay for streaming that assumes you are broadcast daily, and for long periods. See the Streaming Media page for details.

To order streaming service, please return to our Streaming Media page.

Throughput	Monthly Price	Example Usage
512 kbps	9.95	32 listeners, 16 kbps audio 16 listeners, 32 kbps audio 8 listeners, 64 kbps audio 4 viewers, 128 kbps video 2 viewers, 256 kbps video 1 viewer, 512 kbps video
1,024 kbps	19.95	64 listeners, 16 kbps audio 32 listeners, 32 kbps audio 16 listeners, 64 kbps audio 8 viewers, 128 kbps video 4 viewers, 256 kbps video 2 viewers, 512 kbps video
1,536 kbps	29.95	96 listeners, 16 kbps audio 48 listeners, 32 kbps audio 24 listeners, 64 kbps audio 12 viewers, 128 kbps video 6 viewers, 256 kbps video 3 viewers, 512 kbps video
2,048 kbps	39.95	128 listeners, 16 kbps audio 64 listeners, 32 kbps audio 32 listeners, 64 kbps audio 16 viewers, 128 kbps video 8 viewers, 256 kbps video 4 viewers, 512 kbps video
2,560 kbps	49.95	160 listeners, 16 kbps audio 80 listeners, 32 kbps audio 40 listeners, 64 kbps audio 20 viewers, 128 kbps video 10 viewers, 256 kbps video 5 viewers, 512 kbps video
3,072 kbps	59.95	192 listeners, 16 kbps audio 96 listeners, 32 kbps audio 48 listeners, 64 kbps audio 24 viewers, 128 kbps video 12 viewers, 256 kbps video 6 viewers, 512 kbps video
3,584 kbps	69.95	224 listeners, 16 kbps audio 112 listeners, 32 kbps audio 56 listeners, 64 kbps audio 28 viewers, 128 kbps video 14 viewers, 256 kbps video 7 viewers, 512 kbps video
4,096 kbps	79.95	256 listeners, 16 kbps audio 128 listeners, 32 kbps audio 64 listeners, 64 kbps audio 32 viewers, 128 kbps video 16 viewers, 256 kbps video 8 viewers, 512 kbps video
4,608 kbps	89.95	288 listeners, 16 kbps audio 144 listeners, 32 kbps audio 72 listeners, 64 kbps audio 36 viewers, 128 kbps video 18 viewers, 256 kbps video 9 viewers, 512 kbps video
5,120 kbps	99.95	320 listeners, 16 kbps audio 160 listeners, 32 kbps audio 80 listeners, 64 kbps audio 40 viewers, 128 kbps video 20 viewers, 256 kbps video 10 viewers, 512 kbps video
5,632 kbps	109.95	352 listeners, 16 kbps audio 176 listeners, 32 kbps audio 88 listeners, 64 kbps audio 44 viewers, 128 kbps video 22 viewers, 256 kbps video 11 viewers, 512 kbps video
6,144 kbps	119.95	384 listeners, 16 kbps audio 192 listeners, 32 kbps audio 96 listeners, 64 kbps audio 48 viewers, 128 kbps video 24 viewers, 256 kbps video 12 viewers, 512 kbps video