[Gllug] Calculating Bandwidth for Web Radios

[Sean Burlington]

Axel Segebrecht wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Getting a little confused (shocked?) while figuring
> out the bandwidth (traffic) usage of my web radio.
> 
> Assuming I've got 10 listeners (at any one time) and
> the stream is running at 24kbps, how much traffic will
> it generate?
> 
> The formula I've got so far is terrifying:
> 
> 10 listeners x 24000 bytes per second x 60 sec x 60
> min x 24 hours = 2.074 GB per day (!)
> 

I think...

kb != kB

1 byte (B) = 8 bits (b)

so divide by 8

250 MB per day

> ...and that's ten lousy listeners on a low-quality
> 24kbps stream ;(
> 
> Please somebody tell me I'm wrong and it's infact much
> less.
> 
> MTIA,
> 
> Axel
> 
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