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From:
eric hill
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Date:
Mon, 29 Nov 1999 12:42:01 -0800 (PST)
Subject:
RE: (idm) High Quality IDM Webcasts?
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quoted 7 lines This is cool! As a T1 user during the daytime at work, as I'm sure>> This is cool! As a T1 user during the daytime at work, as I'm sure >> many other listmembers are, the lowest common denominator is sometimes >> a little lower than I would like (in Quake I am what is known as a Low >> Ping Bastard). > >umm, i don't think T1's are THAT common. this list doesn't need any more >"elitist asshole" points for simon reynolds to pick on us for. ;)
not only that, but T1's aren't really very accomodating for larger-bandwidth broadcasts: 96kbps streams would use the whole thing up once 16 people are connected, and that's not even accounting for 24 or 32 kbps (modem-style) streams running alongside. one way to tackle it would be to limit the number of high b/w listeners, though i'm not sure how this is done in RA or ASF. without this limitation, i'm sure there are at least 16 cable or dsl subscribers around here who could max out quality sounding webcasts if given the option, so the economics don't really play out for typical low-ad shows. x-radio or betalounge might be more to your liking, if you can get with their content. eric --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org