Podcasting changed the face of audio on the Web and now it’s altering the face of hosting, too. The technology that moved blogging from eye to ear has hosting services revising their pricing to attract the growing ranks of podcasters to their servers and has increased pressure on niche players to rethink their offerings. Hosting firms need to offer consumers a compelling proposition to use them because they’re charging for things that some competitors are offering for free.
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Podcasts Perk Up Hosting Competition
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. November 15, 2005 08:27 AMPodcasting changed the face of audio on the Web and now it’s altering the face of hosting, too. The technology that moved blogging from eye to ear has hosting services revising their pricing to attract the growing ranks of podcasters to their servers and has increased pressure on niche players to rethink their offerings. Hosting firms need to offer consumers a compelling proposition to use them because they’re charging for things that some competitors are offering for free.