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

[Patrick Moon]

I believe the numbers SuddenLink tries to deliver is more like 6 
Megabits/sec. It takes 8 bits to make 1 byte so
6000 (6 thousand Kilobytes)  / 8 (to turn bits into bytes) = .750 
Megabytes/second or 750 Kilobytes/second.

Also The Roku is most likely looking for 1.2 Megabits per sec which is 
1200/8=150 so 150Kilobytes a second.

Cheers,
Patrick Moon
Biztech


Dave Thewlis wrote:
> 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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