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

[Patrick Moon]

Unless you got a private email where she told you 6 MegaBytes per second,
I'm guessing your getting confused by the "mb" vs "MB" since the email I
see on the list is 6mb/sec
"and I usually get at least 6mb down and 400-500kb"

also from suddenlinks site I got
"Now available - 8 & 10mbs downloads"

normally in geek speak
mb=Megabits
where as
MB=MegaBytes (where each byte is equal to 8 bits)
same idea with Kilo.

Hope this helps,
Patrick Moon
Biztech


Dave Thewlis wrote:
> Patrick Moon wrote:
>> 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.
> I wondered that originally, but they insist they are talking 
> Mega_bytes_ per second, and Tina has confirmed that she's getting 
> about 6 Megabytes/second in Cutten. 
>
>
>>
>> Also The Roku is most likely looking for 1.2 Megabits per sec which 
>> is 1200/8=150 so 150Kilobytes a second.
> Their website is a little unclear, saying 1.2Mbps.  I kinda wonder if 
> you could do a decent job of video streaming at 150KB, even letterbox.
>
>
>>
>> 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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