Isn Internet Radio Pretty Cheap To Run?
While it’s possible to start an Internet radio station as a hobby, using just a home computer, a few MP3 files, and a cheap DSL connection, that’s not how we do things here. We use professional-grade audio equipment and computer automation software and have redundant systems and Internet connections to reduce downtime and outages. We maintain clusters of servers in four locations: our audio stream sources and control systems are here in Paradise, CA; our stream distribution center, main database server, offsite backups, and some stream servers are located at a data center in San Jose, CA; our web servers are located in Portland, OR; and we have a new stream distribution center in New York City. We currently use a total of 18 active servers and desktop systems to keep the music streams and website running smoothly. We own, maintain, and continuously upgrade all of our own servers. In addition, we pay a significant amount of money in royalty fees to music copyright holders (click here fo
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- Isn Internet Radio Pretty Cheap To Run?
