Switchboard Live's main selling point for live streamers is its capability to reach more viewers with the help of their StreamShare functionality. That allows others to carry one stream to their audience, increasing viewership and helping grow the audience on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

As a browser based live streaming tool, Switchboard Live can be used on any platform, for any purpose. They particularly appeal to live broadcasts for houses or worship, artists, technology creators, sports and media, as well as the educational space.

This article explains how to go live with Switchboard Live and avoid any live streaming issues, especially those related to Internet connectivity.

Internet is what makes or breaks a successful live broadcast, no matter what live streaming software you're using, be it Switchboard Live or another one. That's why you should definitely think this through.

Having an extra Internet source while live streaming helps, but you have to think how long it takes for you and/or your streaming device (camera, computer, mobile device) to switch between the 2 connections. It's usually a minimum of 10-20 seconds - and that's an optimistic estimate.

That's why you need to use all available Internet connections at once instead of keeping them as a backup and switching between them. That is called Internet bonding (a.k.a. channel bonding, link aggregation, etc.). Speedify is the only app that can combine multiple internet sources into one bonded super-connection for more stable and secure live streaming, video calling, online gaming and web browsing.

To get started with live broadcasting with Switchboard Live, just make sure you have the essentials:

• camera - dedicated (like a GoPro, for example), the computer webcam, or your smartphone's camera.
• streaming device - computer or smartphone
• Switchboard Live account - they price their plans based on streaming minutes, so make sure you choose the right one for you depending on how much you live stream monthly.
• Speedify account - for stable Internet connection. The idea is to use two  or more connections together at once with Speedify to hit your target bitrate and avoid flaky Internet problems while live streaming to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. with Switchboard Live.

Additional accessories - such as an external battery pack, dedicated microphones, extra lighting, etc. - may be required especially if you're doing IRL streaming.

1.  CONNECT ALL AVAILABLE INTERNET SOURCES TO YOUR STREAMING DEVICE

Use one or multiple of the following on your streaming device:

• wired Ethernet connection - computer only
• external USB 5G / 4G LTE cellular adapter - computer only
• Wi-Fi hotspot
• cellular data
• tethered smartphone

Real world example: If you're live streaming IRL outside your home / studio, the easiest way is to carry two cellular phones. One can be your streaming device and the other one would just be used for its cellular data - you would create a Wi-Fi hotspot to connect the streaming device to it. That way you would combine cellular data with Wi-Fi from the second phone on the streaming device.