Accessibility vs Intensity
Classic dilemma of the internet. I'm on broadband right now too, but many
people aren't, and I think it's important to try to make internet media as
widely available as the particular medium (in this case streamed audio)
practically allows. And I like the idea that even if I'm travelling and
using a modem I can still tune in to this mix from across the world (judging
by the timezone).
Another way of approaching the issue might be to have a high-bandwidth and
low-bandwidth feed, so that dslers, cable users and dial-ups can all utilize
their connections to the utmost. But then the trade-off is that it's more
work and load on the sender.
As a related aside, this is the push of internet2, to streamline the
internet into a tiered system divided by bandwidth access. Great if you've
got it, but completely denies access if you don't because it's based on
independant networks.
Best of luck with the new project marsel and crew!
^_^
> broadcasts will be each wednesday from:
> 2000-2300GMT / 2100-0000CET
>
> first show Wednesday, November 1st, 2000.
> [in] other words.. . tonight!
>
> you'll need [the] WinAMP MP3 player to listen [to] the show.
The good:
It's an MP3 stream (I hate RealPlayer and Winblows Media Player)
The music sounded good (modulo the bad, below)
The bad:
11 kHz, 16 Kbps??? :-(
Blah. My cable modem wants 44 kHz, 128 Kbps. Lots of other streams give
it to me. Any chance of a higher bandwidth stream in the future? :-/
We need more Net music like this. Just at higher bandwidth :-)
- Greg
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