WebCams are a great way to stream live scenes to audiences all over the world.  Using our cutting edge streaming technology and advanced cost analysis, it is possible to start a webcam quickly and cost effectively!  Our WMS Publishing points constantly measure the connection quality between the end player and our servers.  They will dynamically adjust presentation quality during playback - up or down - to always deliver the best presentation quality possible.

WebCams can be served from either dedicated or measured plans.  Dedicated plans are billed by maximum simultaneous viewers, without regard to how much data is sent to those viewers.  Measured plans are billed by total data traffic usage.

If your webcam has a steady stream of visitors for more than 230 hours/month (~57 hours/week), you will be better off on a dedicated plan.   Most webcams are not this busy and will be served more cost effectively from a measured use plan, with careful attention by the webmaster.  Dedicated plans bill by bandwidth capacity (max simultaneous viewers), regardless of the amount of data actually transmitted. 

You can estimate costs of measured plans by total viewers/month and their average viewing time.  Measured plans also let your webcam burst more bandwidth during peek usage periods then what a comparable dedicated plan might allow for.  For example, if your webcam receives 10,000 viewers/month and they average about 5 minutes each, then you're only transmitting about 38.98GB/month.  This can only cost about $100/month for ~49 simultaneous viewers @109Kbps.  Maximum costs can be controlled by specifying a maximum number of simultaneous viewers when you subscribe to the publishing point service. Please visit our streaming media estimator to help determine which service plan is best for you.

The CNS customer control panel will keep you updated on your traffic usage so you can always monitor your utilization.  Please visit our streaming media estimator to help determine which service plan is best for you.  Please let us know if you have any questions by clicking 'live help' at the top or through our customer service contact form.  We are always here to help you.

For more information on what is required to setup a WebCam, please click here.

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