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Can I exceed the user limit of my purchased package and be charged more as a result?
No.  You cannot exceed your purchased listener limit.  You will only be charged for the package you purchased.  However, if you attempt to stream at a...
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 1007
Can i ping an address on your network?
Yes, please use 209.9.226.65 to run all ping's and traceroutes to test connectivity times.
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 1086
Can I upgrade/downgrade my account?
Yes.  You can upgrade or downgrade at any time, Stream hosting clients you can upgrade your account in your members area http://mediacast1.com/members
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 1002
Do you offer free trials for customers to test your service?
Yes. We offer limited free trials.  Please contact us for details.
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 1076
Do you offer on-demand storage space?
Yes.  There are several options available which can be included in any package.  Please check our STREAMING MEDIA PLANS section for details, or use our quote...
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 1098
Does Mediacast1 offer free streaming "sponsorships"?
No, we do not offer any such sponsorships at this time, so dont ask :)
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 1021
Does Mediacast1 offer re-seller services?
We currently do not have a system setup to offer re-selling of our services, but do allow clients to order multiple accounts for there clients, if they are another ISP. No...
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 1155
Does Mediacast1 require contracts?
Generally, no.  Contracts are only issued for very large orders, i.e. $1000+ per month, or for dedicated or colocated servers.
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 1068
How much does streaming hosting cost?
That depends on you.  You have many choices. Prices vary based on your chosen broadcasting format, bitrate and number of concurrently supported listeners. Please use...
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 1331
HOW-TO: Icecast2 on demand
Please use the following info FTP access: FTP host: whichever DNS URL you use to encode to FTP port: 88 FTP username and passwords are the same you use to login to your...
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 2458
HOW-TO: SHOUTcast dsp
Streaming with the Nullsoft Shoutcast Source DSP Plug-in: dsradio (Tutorial Crew) Streaming with the Nullsoft Shoutcast Source...
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 5992
HOW-TO: SHOUTcast on demand (revision 0.2)
Please use the following info for FTP access: FTP host: whichever DNS URL you use to encode to. FTP port: 88 FTP username and passwords are the same you use to login to...
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 3068
HOW-TO: Windows Media Encoder (PULL Method)
Streaming with the Windows Media Encoder 9 series: dstjohn To start off, lets make sure you have the essentials. In order to...
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 2937
HOW-TO: Windows Media Encoder (PUSH Method)
Streaming with the Windows Media Encoder 9 series: Art To start off, lets make sure you have the essentials. In order to...
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 3806
HOW-TO: Windows Media On Demand
Please use the following info for FTP access: FTP host: wm.mediacast1.com FTP port: 86 FTP username and passwords are the same you use to login to your members area....
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 2135
I'm getting complaints that my broadcast is skipping, or "buffering" a lot. Why?
Internet broadcasting is a resource intensive process.  Make sure that the machine you are broadcasting from has plenty of available cpu and RAM.  Also be sure...
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 1149
If I pay for yearly instead of monthly, will you give me a good discount as given by all hosts? How much will be that discount?
Hosts that do this, to put it bluntly are idiots, they take a huge loss and end up effecting there clients in the long run with price increases. I dont recomend paying...
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 1048
Is there a way I can track listeners/viewers on my Shoutcast/Icecast2 streams?
Yes, please visit casterclub.com and download castit, or radiotoolbox, spacialaudio.com  What is castit you ask?  Castit was originaly wrote to monitor...
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 1009
On Demand General Terminology
This post was yanked off archive.org courtesy of the now defunct shoutclub. Intro What the heck is On Demand, well as the phrase would allude to it means that a...
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 1242
What Payment methods does Mediacast1 accept?
We currently accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, as well as Paypal.
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 1206
Who is your network carrier's
We use multiple network carriers from level 3, yipes, williams, cogent, nlayer, isprime, telefonica. please take a look at our netmap...
Last Modified: 2007-02-21 Number of views: 1034



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