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

[Dave Thewlis]

Patrick Moon wrote:
> 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.
I understand; generally people are sloppy about the abbreviations and it 
causes endless confusion.  However I asked very explicitly about 
megabytes versus megabits and the tech person on the phone assured me it 
was megabytes.  Also, Tina Nerat reports downloads of about 6 
megabytes/second in Cutten.  So I'm pretty sure they mean MegaBytes.
>
> 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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