Re: [videoblogging] Is there someting wrong with blip.tv, or is it just me?

[Randolfe Wicker]

Thanks, Mike.  I really don't think anyone providing "free services" should feel that they should apologize if some minor problem develops.   I've always gotten fairly rapid replies and help to any problems I had with Blip.   Randolfe (Randy) Wicker   Videographer, Writer, Activist Advisor: The Immortality Institute Hoboken, NJ http://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/ 201-656-3280     ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Hudack To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 6:32 PM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Is there someting wrong with blip.tv, or is it just me? Hey Randy, The answer, as always, is "it depends." Generally speaking, the number of people downloading a specific video that's hosted on blip (or other big hosting services) shouldn't affect each individual's download speed.  So the speed for one person should be the same whether one or twenty people are downloading the video at a time.  This is different for different services, though.  Some put limits on how much downloading they let happen at the same time, and different services have different amounts of bandwidth to offer. The best analogy I've heard to date is that of a straw.  Only so much liquid can fit through a straw.  Internet connections are like a straw -- only so much video can fit through them. Again, though, big hosting providers generally have enough bandwidth to cover usage.  We have really big straws.  So, the simple answer is no -- two or three people downloading a clip simultaneously shouldn't have a negative effect. As far as your problem with uploading, I'm sorry it happened!  Any number of things could have influenced that, and without being able to test things at the time it happened (or it happening again) it's really hard for me to guess as to the cause. Yours, Mike On Nov 14, 2005, at 6:18 PM, Randolfe Wicker wrote: I've noticed widely varying rates for downloading various files from Blip TV.  I actually thought it might be the fault of the producers of the videos.  However, I did have trouble uploading one evening between eleven and midnight but everything went swiftly when I tried again at 2:30 A.M>  It might have to do with the volume of traffic Blip (or the vlog you're watching) is getting.   I'm not a tech person.  If you have a popular vlog and one or two or three other people are downloading it at the same time, does that mean your download will go more slowly?  Does anyone know? Randolfe (Randy) Wicker   Videographer, Writer, Activist Advisor: The Immortality Institute Hoboken, NJ http://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/ 201-656-3280     ----- Original Message ----- From: Frank Carver To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 3:42 PM Subject: [videoblogging] Is there someting wrong with blip.tv, or is it just me? I've noticed over the last few days that all the feeds I get from blip.tv are just dribbling in. At first I thought it was a network problem, but data transfer from other sources is still at my full broadband rate. Blip.tv seems to be "choking" the data transfer to something like 4kb/sec per feed, which is taking ... ages ... Is this happening to anyone else? --  Frank Carver   http://www.makevideo.org.uk SPONSORED LINKS Individual Fireant Use YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.