I further checked other sites in the world, just to be sure that I was not the lone ranger in my thinking. Please have a look at this: Yellowstone National Park WebCams, USA. http://www.nps.gov/yell/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm
Now even the Hot Springs in lake Bogoria seem like live streams. will local Telcos/ISPs create the local traffic or will they leave it to some of us to do in the long term?