Re: Comcast
> > Thanks CHRles! I've got breaks streaming on my PC again.
>
> >
> >
> > Now with that hurdle out of the way, I get to get down to
> > the task of finding out why everything on my 4mb broadband
>
> > connection buffers on me, regardless of how minimal the
> > stream is... lol (about ready to smash my modem and return
>
> > it comcast)
> >
> 4 MB per second? That's it?!
> Matt, I have Crapcast, I mean Comcast, too. The speed here
> is at 54 MBPS.
> Take a look at the bottom right of your screen. Do you see
> this little computer with three bars radiating to the
> east/right? If so then point your mouse at it, right click
> your mouse, and click on repair. This should renew your IP
> address, and hopefully give you a faster connection.
> Otherwise, don't be afraid to contact Comcast, and ask them
> to send someone over to give you a different/better box.
> Remember, you're paying THEM, and you should be getting your
> money's worth.
>
54mbps? Is that for real? That's like 8 or 9 times faster than T1, I think. I just got an email from them yesterday announcing that they were upgrading connections to 6mbps... you must be on a better plan than me or something.
Honestly, I wonder if it's just some crazy thing with my PC (it's old and I plan to replace it soon). I use the Speedtest apps on **********.com from time to time and the download tests still indicate my speed is nearly in the range of 400kb/sec. So it seems that my bandwidth should be adequate, I just don't understand why the audio is always buffering on me (even at lo-fi). Some streams do it worse than others... KTU's stream is always awful for me, while Energy AZ and Mikeo's Energy 98 seem to stream here pretty well, most of the time. All of the others come and go without reason. The only other thing I can imagine is that maybe I just have to deal with a lot of people in my area consuming some of that cable bandwidth.
