Slow radio downloads

Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer jn.ml.gti.91 at wingsandbeaks.org.uk
Tue Nov 18 05:47:02 PST 2014


"Dave Liquorice" <allsorts at howhill.com> wrote:

>iPlayer is one of the few sites that can fully saturate our meagre 5 Mbps 
>ADSL connection anytime of day or night. No evening slow downs here...

OTOH, I've hardly ever seen radio or TV data arrive at more than about 11
Mbps, despite having a connection that can run at 60 Mbps.   (I have seen
podcasts, not all from BBC servers, arrive at the highest speed, though, so
the connection can run at full speed if it has the chance to).

-- 
Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own.



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