[Gllug] Calculating Bandwidth for Web Radios

[tet at accucard.com]

>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 (!)
>
>...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.

24kbps is 3072 bytes/s, not 24000. Secondly, the number of listeners
is only relevant if you're using unicast. For web radio, I assume
you're using multicast, right? If so, then it's 3072 * 60 * 60 * 24,
which is 256MB/day.

Tet


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