Listen Online at work? 32k or 64k? 1.8 Gigs/daily

[DolaMight]

Just did some math to calculate how much bandwidth I use on a typical day when listening to XM Online.

Get in at 9AM EST listen to O&A XM till noon, the B-B-Boys till 3, and O&A replay till 5.

That's 8 hours of streaming at 32k/sec.

32k x 60 = 1920k % 1024 = 1.875 MB/min

1920k x 60 = 115200k % 1024 = 112.5 MB/Hour

115200 x 8 = 921600k % 1024 = 900 MB/day

Now if you choose to stream at 64k that works out to 1.8 Gigabytes a day. That's like downloading a whole DVD every 2 days at work.

Thats why I go with the 32k option, technically we're not allowed to stream music at werk so I try to not push the envelope. Plus I'm listening to talk only so qual is not much an issue.

[JPMNICK]

Just did some math to calculate how much bandwidth I use on a typical day when listening to XM Online.

Get in at 9AM EST listen to O&A XM till noon, the B-B-Boys till 3, and O&A replay till 5.

That's 8 hours of streaming at 32k/sec.

32k x 60 = 1920k % 1024 = 1.875 MB/min

1920k x 60 = 115200k % 1024 = 112.5 MB/Hour

115200 x 8 = 921600k % 1024 = 900 MB/day

Now if you choose to stream at 64k that works out to 1.8 Gigabytes a day. That's like downloading a whole DVD every 2 days at work.

Thats why I go with the 32k option, technically we're not allowed to stream music at werk so I try to not push the envelope. Plus I'm listening to talk only so qual is not much an issue.

this is why when i was a sys admin i blocked all of that shit. it will KILL your company bandwidth and really make working for everyone else much harder, esp if you have a limited connection which we did have.

[JustJon]

And did you leave yourself a hole to listen yourself?

I listen at 32k, but will switch to mp3s on days when it's replays. If I couldn't, I can stream it thru my cell phone.

[Death Metal Moe]

Stick it to the man,
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[SatCam]

If they have banned it you could get fired for that shit

[zentraed]

Just did some math to calculate how much bandwidth I use on a typical day when listening to XM Online.

That's 8 hours of streaming at 32k/sec.



You have to divide by 8. 32kbps = 4 kilobytes-per-sec. So, 8 hrs translates into:

4 kB/sec * 8hr * 60 min/hr * 60 sec/min / 1024 kB/MB = 112.5 MB.

A 128kbps MP3 uses about 1 MB/min. That's what I use a gauge.