Streaming using Media Services

Scenario:
Total 125 students will be connected to 5 different classes. Each with one instructor. Both the parties will have a WinForms application on their machines and two way video streaming should be possible among them. The teacher should be able to stream his/her
webcam feed or screen and same applies for the student. The instructor feed should be streamed to all students simultaneously. The communication should be over the internet.
Now approximately 1 hour of HD content will be around 1GB in size.
I have read about Live Streaming feature in Media Services based on Azure. Its pricing model is based on amount of data consumed. Now my question is if I am sending this 1 hour content to say 100 students then will I be charged for 100 GBs or is there a
way to stream data without having to incur the bandwidth cost for each student. What is the best and cost effective way to utilize Media services to stream data in this scenario?
Please respond as soon as possible.
Regards,
Aakash Goyal

Hi,
Media Services Encoding is charged based on the amount of data processed and whether you choose to have Encoding Reserved Units to process parallel media tasks.
Refer :
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/media-services/#encoding
On-demand streaming is charged based on the number of Reserved Units you use. Reserved Unit provides bandwidth up to 200 Mbps per Reserved Unit along with built-in failover.
Reserved Unit: $199 per month (prorated daily)
In addition, any outbound data transfers are charged separately at the regular
Data Transfer rate.
Regards,
Bharath

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