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Re:Show HN: Boltstream – Self-hosted full end-to-end live vi... by sneak on Monday December 07, 2020 @04:21AM (#25330587)
> Probably the hardest part of running these things is managing outbound bandwidth costs.

This might be a good time to mention that Hetzner (where I host) has a lot of unmetered gigabit options. I'm not affiliated, just a happy (long term) customer.

Sadly Germany has some laws that censor certain types of harmless content, so that's one downside, but that's not Hetzner's fault, just something to consider depending on what content you intend to host.

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Re:Show HN: Boltstream – Self-hosted full end-to-end live vi... by dewey on Monday December 07, 2020 @05:03AM (#25330769)
> Sadly Germany has some laws that censor certain types of harmless content

What is this harmless content that's censored?

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Re:Show HN: Boltstream – Self-hosted full end-to-end live vi... by sneak on Monday December 07, 2020 @05:16AM (#25330830)
Video game gore/violence is one example, though there are many others; German censorship law is relatively broadly worded.

Games sold in Germany have to have their gore reduced (relative to versions legal in other countries) to be legal for publication in Germany.

I'm not a lawyer, but my amateur assumption is that publication of video streams is subject to the same content rules as publication of game software.

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Re:Show HN: Boltstream – Self-hosted full end-to-end live vi... by chaz6 on Monday December 07, 2020 @09:07AM (#25332185)
I can attest to Hetzner. I pay €35 per month for a dedicated server, and one of the things I run is a (non-exit) Tor relay, which consumes 3.5TiB per day on average.
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Re:Show HN: Boltstream – Self-hosted full end-to-end live vi... by nielsole on Monday December 07, 2020 @05:53AM (#25330985)
You could use their Finnish dc. (no idea if Finnish laws are any better in this regard)
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