Sorry but 20 users on a T1 mean around 320 KB/s per users!!!!!
T1= around 50 Mbps = 6.25 MB/sec = 6400 KB/s
6400/20 = 320 KB/s
Imagine all 42 users are on and downloading full speed we still have 152KB/s!!
What's sucks here is the limitations of the cable system: 27-38 Mbps downstream and 2.5 Mbps upstream. if all users are one, this is 82-116 KB/s per user downstream and 7.6 KB/s per user Upstream!!!!!
So plese don't blame the T1!
A classic conflict has arisen over streaming media, especially of radio. In a recent letter to globetechnology.com, Andrew Cole, manager of media relations for Bell Sympatico, defended the 5GB bit cap, saying that "In my experience, Internet radio stations usually transmit at approximately 20 Kbps. This equates to 1.2MB per minute, or 72MB per hour. At this rate, a HSE customer could enjoy 70 hours of Internet Radio per month and remain within the bandwidth usage plan."
The guy here (Andrew Cole) is wrong in his calculation, and it proves us he have only little knoledge about computers... He does not makes the difference of Kbps (Kilobits per second) and KB/s (Kilobytes per sesonds). Since there in 8 bits in one byte, we have to divide by 8.
However, the last time I listened a 20Kbps internet radio feed was about six years ago when I was on a diallup, and now it's been a very long time since I listen to 128 Kbps radio! (Under 112 Kbps I just call it poor quality, not even as good as FM radio) Divided by 8, it still makes 16 KB/s, and it's just a little less than what have been calculated above. 16 KB/s is 960 KB per minutes (0.9 MB/min), 56.25 MB every hour, witch means 90 hours of internet radio per month under a 5 GB cap.
Sorry guys, even with 90 hours per month, I can only listen 3 hours per day. For anyone who listen to internet radio every day this is ridiculous!
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Sorry but 20 users on a T1 mean around 320 KB/s per users!!!!! T1= around 50 Mbps = 6.25 MB/sec = 6400 KB/s 6400/20 = 320 KB/s Imagine all 42 users are on and downloading full speed we still have 152KB/s!! What's sucks here is the limitations of the cable system: 27-38 Mbps downstream and 2.5 Mbps upstream. if all users are one, this is 82-116 KB/s per user downstream and 7.6 KB/s per user Upstream!!!!! So plese don't blame the T1!
The guy here (Andrew Cole) is wrong in his calculation, and it proves us he have only little knoledge about computers... He does not makes the difference of Kbps (Kilobits per second) and KB/s (Kilobytes per sesonds). Since there in 8 bits in one byte, we have to divide by 8.
However, the last time I listened a 20Kbps internet radio feed was about six years ago when I was on a diallup, and now it's been a very long time since I listen to 128 Kbps radio! (Under 112 Kbps I just call it poor quality, not even as good as FM radio) Divided by 8, it still makes 16 KB/s, and it's just a little less than what have been calculated above. 16 KB/s is 960 KB per minutes (0.9 MB/min), 56.25 MB every hour, witch means 90 hours of internet radio per month under a 5 GB cap.
Sorry guys, even with 90 hours per month, I can only listen 3 hours per day. For anyone who listen to internet radio every day this is ridiculous!