There are a number of reasons why you would want to setup Amazon S3 storage for your church podcast hosting:
- Storage is cheaper
- Bandwidth is cheaper
- Website migrations are easier
- Your podcast–on the cloud!
These are the top reasons why I’ve put the ChurchMag podcast and Finding Justice Podcast on Amazon’s S3 service. Moreover, my current web host, WP Engine, doesn’t allow me to stream audio as it sucks down bandwidth and uses lots of storage. When you consider that a typical podcast will take anywhere between 20-30mb, using an optimized system like Amazon’s S3 makes a lot of sense, anyway. You also don’t need to worry about migrating all those mp3’s if you decide to switch web hosting, either!
Setting up the my Amazon S3 for church podcast hosting can be a little intimidating, so here’s how to do it:
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