Comments on: Seb suggests you listen to Miho Hatori: do it now

By: Daniel Lemire

Daniel Lemire — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:57:07 +0000

Megabit download speeds I probably have, reliable download speeds, I don’t have.

This means that while it might work ok some part of the day, it will fail miserably the rest of the day.

By: Seb

Seb — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:00:54 +0000

Not to quibble, but 200 kbps is usually enough for streaming; Videotron advertises megabit download speeds, so you should probably ask for a refund. ( see http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12757482~mode=flat )

By: Daniel Lemire

Daniel Lemire — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:18:00 +0000

Seb: No. I’m on a videotron cable modem… but that’s not fast enough for true streaming *and* bandwidth usage is limited: you can’t be streaming all day.

By: Seb

Seb — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 13:28:04 +0000

Oh. You’re on dialup at home? I feel your pain.

By: Daniel Lemire

Daniel Lemire — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 03:12:36 +0000

Not here: bandwidth is not good enough for streaming. So, I need to save the file (somewhere I’ll find it) and then play it. That’s the other side of the equation: if I play it, I also want to keep a local copy I’ll be able to find later so I’m not always eating my bandwith.

Of course, if you are sitting in a NRC office, things are different… but I’m sitting at home…

By: Seb

Seb — Tue, 29 Mar 2005 02:51:23 +0000

3 minutes is good, but with broadband and a good player you should usually be able to start listening pretty instantaneously to most of the tracks on my Webjay list.