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Thread #98428   Message #1949894
Posted By: Captain Ginger
27-Jan-07 - 04:04 PM
Thread Name: Youtube 'big 'freeze'
Subject: RE: Youtube 'big 'freeze'
Unfortuantely as broadband access spreads you get what's called 'contention'. You may have broadband, but if all your neighbours do as well, there's a limit to how much data can come down the tube. Streaming video is very data intensive, and kids love it. It doesn't take more than a handful of neigbours watching videos, downloading music or listening to internet radio to make your bandwidth drop dramastically, to the point where streaming video doesn't.