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

[Patrick Moon]

For the sake of argument lets just assume I'm right... and SuddenLink 
(SL) provides up to 8 Megabits per second and the Roku needs at least 
1.2 Megabits per second then you have way more then enough bandwidth for 
it.  Now adding in the problem SL is having (mostly in the evening and 
Sundays) you can certainly use the Roku; just be aware that while this 
issue remains you will have to be careful WHEN you use it.  I download 
my content for this very reason but you could use the box if you watch 
shows "off-peak" so to speak.

Cheers,
Patrick Moon
Biztech


Dave Thewlis wrote:
> Tina tells me that she is getting 6 mega_bits_ a second, not bytes. 
>
> So it sounds as though you are correct and Suddenlink is really 
> offering megabits rather than megabytes even though they flatly tell 
> you megabytes when you ask.  Well, told me, at any rate.
>
> So whether the Roku box requires 1.2 megabits a second or megabytes a 
> second, the Suddenlink speed is not high enough.  Which Larry 
> Goldberg's experience would seem to confirm.
>
> Sorry for putting everyone through this.
>
> Dave
>
>
> Patrick Moon wrote:
>> I can totally believe the tech got it wrong, you are right that it is 
>> easy to confuse them.  I'm still confused though, where did Tina say 
>> megabytes? The part I quoted was "mb" which I would read as megabits.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Patrick
>> Dave Thewlis wrote:
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>> ...
>>>
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