i was just wondering how quickly youtube videos load on the edge network. is it fast enough that you don't have to pause the video at the start and wait for it to finish loading (so you don't have to deal with stopping every 10 seconds)?
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how quickly do youtube videos load on edge?
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Remember that EDGE has a maximum speed of around 230Kb/s and most of the time it runs at about 1/2 that speed. It'll probably stop every 3 seconds...
how long would it takes to load a 5 minute clip? and when 3g does come out, how much more expensive would you all guess the data plan going to cost?
Takes me about 5-10 minutes depending on the quality of the video and my location.
Not exactly sure what you mean by 3G... Do you mean like HSDPA? Currently thats about $50-80 (US) per month.
Not exactly sure what you mean by 3G... Do you mean like HSDPA? Currently thats about $50-80 (US) per month.
um...idk, the other internet option that everyone seems to be waiting for the iphone 2 to be updated with
When the signal is strong, it's ok to load a YouTube clip, but any snags in the download and the clip will catch up to the download if you're watching it. The picture quality is pretty rough though: they downgrade the picture quality when accessing through EDGE to speed up download times.
On WiFi, it's great! Fast and crystal clear.
The actual speed is pretty good for me, it takes about 2 minutes to DL a 4-5 minute clip but you can play what you've DL so far.
The bad thing is that the video quality is meh, but it still good for showing someone a quick video.
The bad thing is that the video quality is meh, but it still good for showing someone a quick video.