This is more a discussion point, not a question I expect anyone to solidly answer. I listen to streaming audio at home with cable modem and work with T1. It used to be solid but lately the stream is very choppy. I listen to different sources so I don't think it's because of the supplier. (Though when Excite when out it did make some sources disappear.)
Anyway from what I understand the streaming audio is still a 'handshake' between your computer and the streaming site. I know how information is sent, packets et al. Is anyone thinking of a different way for audio and video to be broadcast? I know a site can't just be 'leaking' packets onto the internet like an antenna sends it's signals, but there should be some way for user to get the packets without any load on the sender. Is anyone working on this? Kevin T. (I got blistering e-mail from brother who is mad about Art Bell charging $25USD for six month subscription. Another unnamed radio source said it costs them one million to stream the audio, so they were ending the service. This same company had close to 250 million profit.)
