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Originally Posted by ApK
Why should it being live stream or VOD make any difference at all to bandwidth requirements?
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With live streaming, the packets are only sent out once (in theory) and listened to by as many people who are 'tuned in'. With On-Demand, each listener initiates a download of the media. While it's possible that the packets could be cached nearby, that is not likely.
If you want to look into this, compare unicast to multicast.