Internet Bandwidth question:

brendanryder

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• Apr 2, 2008

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i am interested in purchasing mlb.tv but cant decide on which package to get. its between 400k stream or a 1.2mb stream. how much bandwidth would be used if i was streaming the 1.2mb stream for 4 hours? i get 60gigs a month and don't want to go over it.
Thanks, and if you need more info just ask.

 

Eidorian

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Mar 23, 2005

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• Apr 2, 2008

• #2

b = bits or B = bytes?

It's simple division or multiplication otherwise.

 

brendanryder

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• Apr 2, 2008

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Eidorian said:

b = bits or B = bytes?

It's simple division or multiplication otherwise.

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so your saying that a 1.2mb stream will only use 1.2mb of bandwidth no matter how long it is streaming for?
this dosent seam right? what am i missing?

 

Eidorian

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• Apr 2, 2008

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4 hours = 14,400 seconds

400 kb/s = 50 kB/s (~700 MB)

1200 kb/s = 150 kB/s (~2,100 MB)

It's all about time in the end. I'll be pessimistic and say that 60 GB is 60,000,000 kilobytes.