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Can I Live Stream from South Africa?

Dacast has a lot of customers in South Africa and they don’t experience any particular problems due to their location. This is due to the CDN connection that Dacast utilizes (Limelight Networks), which has a server presence all over the world. Background: As recently as May 2018, Limelight networks had opened a new Point-Of-Presence (PoP) […]

Are There Any Limitations to What I can Stream on Facebook?

  Your content must be acceptable to Facebook’s own terms and conditions: http://www.facebook.com/legal/terms Additionally, at the moment, your DaCast content can not be behind a paywall (Pay Per View or Subscription) unless you have a special agreement with Facebook for which they will likely mandate a certain percentage of the revenue generated over their platform. […]

How Does Dacast Handle IP Video Country Restrictions?

  Dacast uses MaxMind, relying on its GeoIP2 databases and web services. The databases are stated as among the most accurate IP video geolocation databases available, using the IP of the viewer to detect their country of origin. Through integrating this technology with our own services, Dacast is able to do very accurate country detection […]

Can I Upgrade My Dacast Account at Anytime?

  Of course! Just drop us an email or a chat on our live chat support and we will upgrade you anytime. If your main concern is ensuring enough bandwidth for your project, you can also have a look at our overage protection feature. Contact us via our 24/7 live chat directly in your Dacast […]