Best push technology for Flash?

I’m creating a game in my free time using Apache, PHP, MySQL, and Flash that would require real-time updates from the server without the client having to request the information (like messages, real-time price changes, chat, etc.).

I’m not familiar with push technology so I was wondering what I should use to display these updates in Flash in real-time.

StreamHub looks nice but you have to pay for it. :frowning: I was wondering if people had some good suggestions.