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To: ptanner who wrote (96386)	1/15/2000 4:08:00 AM
From: Process Boy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

pt - <Performance problems with internet video are almost always from bandwidth and not the processor (166MMX). Attempting to watch, as opposed to listen, to company releases is basically hopeless as the transmissions look very bad and even the audio fails. These delays are likely not the last mile but further upstream as direct from @home works fine at the same hour.> I've noticed that since upgrading my ADSL form 264kbps to 768kbps, streaming video feeds seem to be a lot smoother, and in fact, I would rate the quality "good" overall. PB

To: ptanner who wrote (96386)	1/16/2000 2:24:00 PM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 186894

Hi PTanner, RE: "is basically hopeless as the transmissions look very bad and even the audio fails." Netbog is happening either at the VOD or within the public Internet. RE: "These delays are likely not the last mile but further upstream as direct from @home works fine at the same hour." Sounds like it's a problem in a link within the public Internet, since you say @Home works fine. (If it were a load problem at the VOD server, no matter which way a person tried to enter, you'd have a problem). If it doesn't work well with @Home, then this means a) @Home isn't responding accurately to the indicators of their private network loads (which would sort of surprise me), or b) the VOD server isn't properly handling the load (a finely tuned system would reject participants to prevent overload). But I think you said it was working through @Home, which means this could be a problem within one of the loads on the links in the Public Internet. RE: "How has DSL worked for you with respect to video?" Good, except once in awhile there are problems between 8 pm and 9 pm on the weekdays. Amy J