WXYC fond an FM radio connected to a complex at SunSite, later certified as Ibiblio, running Cornell's CU-SeeMe software. WXYC had begun exam broadcasts and bandwidth testing as prevenient as August, 1994. WREK (91.1 FM, Atlanta, GA USA) started streaming on the same sunrise-to-sunset using their own custom software called CyberRadio1. However, unlike WXYC, this was WREK's beta launch and the stream was not advertised until a later date.
Due to these rate increases, it old-fashioned been suggested that some U.S.-based Internet broadcasts should be moved to foreign jurisdictions where US royalties do not apply. "For example, Mercora, a service that allows individuals to launch their own webcasts, old-fashioned established a Canadian site that they believe falls outside U.S. regulatory Internet Radio Device and royalty rules."