Choose your ISP wisely!
Streaming quality is heavily dependent on a few key factors. One of them is your ability to push out your content to a distribution server. Even the highest quality content can be rendered choppy with a poor internet connection.
So what are some things to look for in a service? Your key aspect is upload bandwidth. This is normally not as important as download speeds to a normal ISP customer, but because your priority will be sending data out as opposed to downloading, you need to pick an ISP that can provide you with AT LEAST double upstream of the bitrate you will be broadcasting at. You will most likely not achieve full upload speeds to any server due to internet/server fluctuations. Stay away from wireless routers or mobile cards as much as you can as these connections typically drop data packets and need to retransmit. This is normally not a problem with web browsing but in a constant data stream, these are transformed into cutouts and video quality degrading for your viewers. Also, make sure that no one else is using the connection for other work while you are broadcasting, that steals your bandwidth!
