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

[Dave Thewlis]

Mike wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> Have you tried calling tech support? Maybe the problem is just you ... ?
They confirm that it's slow and they are sending out a tech person 
tomorrow.  My neighbor across the street is getting worse speeds than we 
are, so I suspect either we both have faulty cable modems or there's a 
problem in this particular neighborhood with the cabling. 
>
>
> 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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