[RTC List] Broadband speeds and stability for streaming video?

[Dave Thewlis]

We have started to look at the Roku Netflix box, which is a streaming 
video gadget to connect internet directly to a TV.  Roku say they need a 
minimum of 1.2 Megabyes/second to provide a decent quality picture.

Has anyone experimented with one of these things?  My current Suddenlink 
download speed is 953 Kilobytes/Second and 64 Kilobytes/second upload.  
This is a a lot below their stated average of 6 Megabytes/second 
download and 512 Kilobytes/second upload.  It may be a fixable problem 
but other statements on this list suggest that SL customers in our area 
get significantly slower speeds than advertised, so I'm wondering if 
streaming video is practical for this area.  Or possibly DSL is better? 
I can't get DSL here so cannot do a comparison.

What about 101NetLink?

Dave Thewlis

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