No, a faster computer will not require a faster internet connection for
what you are doing. A 1.5mbps (1500kbps) DSL line is fine for any
internet video besides HD, which would never play on your G4 anyway.'
Chance
Jonas Lopez wrote:
What is adequate DSL speed/cost for 450MHz G4
A barrage of unnecessary speed and cost options for DSL that I am not smart
enough to address, so I seek your application. Practically, I see only the
display of content that includes a webcam or movie as being close to the
dreaded bandwidth hog demand that we have to be concerned about. I do not see
the loading of a page as being a meaningful consideration and anyway its the
media that will take the lead and bring the page load time with it.
I am using a G4 running 10.4 or 10.5 at 450 MHz and as I view a movie, looking carefully
at the download bar as it meets the "just in time" JIT needs of the display,
the JIT bar is just being chased by the display bar, but does manage to just barely stay
ahead, so I question the needed expense of faster and faster DSL. I was using 768kbps at
$15./mo and the JIT bar was never ahead of the display bar, so I have just now moved to
1500kbps at $20./mo. If I had a faster G4 or G5 - would a 2GHz use any more - I need a
faster DSL to meet the JIT criteria? Is any faster just costing more with no real
benefit? Am I getting poorer movies and failed to notice it?
JML
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