| If you are an Internet business owner, chances | | | | connection. Streaming is still used for viewing files. |
| are you may be the proud owner of several | | | | Obviously, for the viewing experience to be |
| Internet websites. On these websites, there may | | | | pleasant enough, the files should be hosted on |
| be different types of content - static text, | | | | fast servers with high speed connections. There |
| videos, MP3 audio files, and more. | | | | are several ways you can ensure that your web |
| In recent times, a popular file format known as | | | | visitors are able to stream the content whenever |
| SWF files has been rising in popularity. SWF | | | | they need to. Your first option, is to look towards |
| format files initially started as animated streaming | | | | paid servers. There are tons of options available. |
| files, and was created by a popular software | | | | You can choose to purchase a shared package, a |
| known as Flash (released by Macromedia). | | | | VPS (Virtual private server) package, or a |
| Streaming allows the web visitor to view content | | | | dedicated server package. If you choose to host |
| without having to wait for the entire file to finish | | | | your files on a shared server, be prepared for a |
| loading. On top of that, SWF allows streaming of | | | | flaky download experience. That\'s because |
| vector graphics, which means that the file size is | | | | hundreds of different websites may be hosted on |
| relatively small, and downloading is a breeze. | | | | the same server. And that could cause the |
| However, as bandwidth continues to increase, | | | | server to slow down to a crawl at times. |
| many households now own broadband internet | | | | If you want more reliable services, you can opt |
| access. | | | | to host your files on a dedicated server. A |
| With more bandwidth, developers find it easier to | | | | dedicated server gives you more control over |
| release all sorts of content. Soon, content such as | | | | your websites, and only you alone decide what to |
| MP3 media files (podcasts), streaming videos, etc,. | | | | host on the server. The downside is, one single |
| started to take off on the Internet. And guess | | | | dedicated server cost a lot more than a shared |
| what format they are released in? The popular | | | | hosting plan. Recently, a new website was |
| SWF file format of course! But new media SWF | | | | released, offering free SWF hosting. You can |
| files are slightly different from traditional SWF files. | | | | upload your SWF files to the server, and host |
| Because they contain more contain (hours of | | | | your HTML web pages elsewhere. Whenever |
| video footages in a single file), the file size also | | | | someone attempts to view the content, the |
| tend to be quite large. Instead of 100k to 200k, a | | | | HTML web page will load the SWF files from the |
| video SWF can be several megabytes. The files | | | | free server. This will help solve all your bandwidth |
| can be viewed over the Internet, using a modern | | | | and hosting issues. |
| web browser and a broad band Internet | | | | |