Streaming Radio and STM

Stutz · 08-06-2008, 22:38

Does anyone know how much bandwidth (if that's the correct term) streaming radio uses of your allowance before you get STM'd. The modem is constantly downloading and I was wondering how fast it uses up your allowance.

danielf · 08-06-2008, 22:45

Well, the quality of the stream is normally indicated (in mediaplayer), so presumably you can do the calculations yourself?

Stutz · 08-06-2008, 22:51

Thanks danielf. Just had Just had a look and it says playing 128 K bits/per second. Is this what you refer to ? Thanks

darthlinux · 08-06-2008, 23:04

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Originally Posted by Stutz

Thanks danielf. Just had Just had a look and it says playing 128 K bits/per second. Is this what you refer to ? Thanks

I think so

**Graham M** · 08-06-2008, 23:07

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Originally Posted by Stutz

Thanks danielf. Just had Just had a look and it says playing 128 K bits/per second. Is this what you refer to ? Thanks

That basically means that the radio station will be using 128kbit for every second it's left running which is about 16kbyte/second thats 960kb (nearly 1mbyte) in a minute and approximately 57600kb/hour (about 57mbyte!)

Stutz · 08-06-2008, 23:11

Excuse my ignorance. If I'm on 2mb package how could I work how long it would take to use up my 500mb (or whatever it is now)

darthlinux · 08-06-2008, 23:13

500 divide by 57 = 8.7 hrs around

Stutz · 08-06-2008, 23:22

Thanks peeps for your answers. I won't be doing to much of that then.

danielf · 08-06-2008, 23:29

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Originally Posted by Stutz

Thanks peeps for your answers. I won't be doing to much of that then.

I'm not up to scratch on what the caps and relevant times are, but if it is 500 Mb (as suggested), it would take you nearly 9 hours to reach the cap (if you're not downloading anything else), which would mean you can pretty much stream radio all day without being affected?

Stutz · 08-06-2008, 23:36

That is nice to know danielf. I don't download much, just email and browsing really I've got a pretty good 2mb connection, rarely drops from 1.92/94 Mbps and I have not been STM'd as of yet. Thanks again.

AbyssUnderground · 08-06-2008, 23:43

I'm on 10Mbps and even running a 128Kbps stream along side my normal browsing can sometimes push me to STM. I had to turn mine off this evening because my browsing was impossible after hitting STM again.

Stutz · 09-06-2008, 00:03

Thank you for that info abyss. Taking all of this on board.

danielf · 09-06-2008, 00:06

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Originally Posted by Stutz

That is nice to know danielf. I don't download much, just email and browsing really I've got a pretty good 2mb connection, rarely drops from 1.92/94 Mbps and I have not been STM'd as of yet. Thanks again.

If I were you, I would just carry on as you do. Even if you get STM'd, you should still be able to stream radio. There's no reason to cut your internet usage for fear of problems until you actually have problems in my opinion.

AbyssUnderground · 09-06-2008, 00:10

Even on STM you should be able to manage a 96Kbps stream but your browsing will be slow. Personally I don't mind 64Kbps streams but some people seem to complain about "low quality" when I see none so I stick with 128Kbps.

danielf · 09-06-2008, 00:13

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Originally Posted by AbyssUnderground

Even on STM you should be able to manage a 96Kbps stream but your browsing will be slow. Personally I don't mind 64Kbps streams but some people seem to complain about "low quality" when I see none so I stick with 128Kbps.

Out of interest, what are the speeds you get put on after STM kicks in?