User talk:Jetcast

Jetcast “Simplified”

“What is Jetcast?

Jetcast is a unique Content Delivery Network. Jetcast does not use metered bandwidth to charge broadcasters to stream content over IP (internet protocol) networks.

From the very beginning of Broadcasting, Broadcasting has been a fixed cost business, meaning broadcasters knew how much it was going to cost them every month to transmit their broadcast to their viewers/listeners, it did not matter if one person listened/watched or many people listen/watched the cost was the same to transmit the signal. Then internet broadcasting appeared and CDN’s (content delivery networks) came up with a clever scheme to charge/penalize broadcasters for being successful. The way CDN’s really make money is by charging per megabit of data transferred over their network, so the more viewers/listeners the more data being consumed the higher the monthly bill will be to the broadcaster. Many broadcasters have had to either suspend or lower the quality of the broadcast, or charge a subscription in order to keep the amount of data transferred under control. Unfortunately this also prohibits internet broadcasters from really being able to grow and prosper.

Jetcast is a Secure Grid Network. It is not a P2P Network. The Jetcast software verifies the transmission of each and every stream in the network at all times and never allows the broadcast to be downloaded and re-transmitted using the Jetcast software or system. Jetcast adheres to DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). This is a major differentiating factor between a P2P Network and Jetcast. By using Jetcast broadcasters and content owners get full reporting and accountability at all times.

P2P networks allow users to download the video/audio and then allow users of the service free access to audio/video files stored on any users hard drive without tracking or proper licensing and reporting to the RIAA or MPAA, these services have had very bad publicity and have typically not adhered to DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act).

Jetcast is an “Optimized Streaming Media Network” for “Live” or “Join in Progress” programs. Jetcast creates a massive grid of its customers and allows broadcasters the ability to harness the extra bandwidth users have and are already paying for as part of their existing broadband connections. By using Jetcast, broadcasters get all the benefits of getting content to the edge and avoiding bottle necks that sometimes occur with CDN’s during peak times or for very popular broadcasts. Each viewer of a Jetcast Channel receives the broadcast and is constantly authenticated by the Jetcast servers. The Jetcast servers know when the user has enough data to provide an optimized feed and redirects any extra bandwidth to the next closest users, which build the massive grid. Because every user is constantly being authenticated and because each user must have a numbered player, Jetcast can track and report every viewer to every content owner and broadcaster.

To Broadcast a channel, the broadcaster must send a clean original stream to the Jetcast Network where Jetcast will seed the massive grid with anywhere between 1 and many feeds. The Jetcast broker servers will throttle the number of feed streams based on the user demand and the QoS Quality of Service a broadcaster desires. Currently in the USA, broadcasts using Jetcast are best at around 256kbps because most USA broadband consumers have asynchronous broadband connections, meaning they have a better down speed then they have up speed. A typical broadband connection in the USA is 1500kpbs down speed and 256kbps up speed. Because the Jetcast Optimized Grid takes advantage of both the down speed and the up speed of the users broadband connection, Jetcast today is limited to the lowest common denominator. In this case, the up speed is it. The up speed demand by consumers is changing rapidly and as soon as it is commercially viable, The Jetcast Network will be able to increase the speeds and the QoS to Jetcast consumers.

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