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Dago_81

join:2004-11-07
La Mesa, CA

Average Stream Rate?

What would be the average stream time, for sites such as youtube google video, with atleast a 5Mpbs connection? Besides your usual network congestion.

Is it normal, for the download to take some 5-7 times less then a stream? For instance, when I get the file from the URL, it downloads at about 200KB, for a 5mb file about 18-28 seconds. For the same stream, it takes some two minutes.

Its weird, because when I first got my connection, it would complete the stream in less then 20 seconds. Some 6 times less. Is it normal for congestion to reduce your ability to stream off youtube some 70% then it previously was?

Just wondering what your average time was to watch a youtube video or any other.


dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4

Well because a stream plays in realtime and is dependant on the length of the clip.
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You can never be too rich, too thin or have too much Bandwidth



Fubar

join:2001-02-20
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:2

Places like youtube, google etc will vary depending on server load.

It's harder for a server to stream than it is to serve a file to download...


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