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To: Sam Citron who wrote (3015)	3/6/1999 9:53:00 AM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

"Now that your cable modem is humming, could you say a word or two about the experience of watching streaming video on the web at these speeds? Are you able to get near 30 fps quality without the jerkiness usually associated with such images at the usual 28-56kbps speeds? Now that you have the speed, can you get good streaming video images in formats bigger than the usual postage stamp size normally associated with this medium?" Sam, Not quite that easy to answer. You see most sites are not equipped to deliver that kind of bandwidth. So even though my cable modem can deliver, "3meg/s service," it doesn't matter. If I'm using ReadMedia player most of those servers choke down the speed to around 30kbps max. A far cry from the necessary 3-6 megs needed for full blown, full size video (broadcast TV). The only time I achieved multi-megbit speeds were at the Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Explorer download sites. I can download the entire files (I think they were around 40 megs?) in about 30 seconds. I can get video images, full screen, using Microsoft's media player, but it's jerky and not of high quality. Could be that it's choked down to 30kb/s OR could be because my monitor may have something to do with it? It is a very high resolution, 21" monitor. So it has to be fed a lot of information to keep the images moving. At the risk of bringing up another new subject (well I guess that's how conversations go anyhow), what I have found really intriguing is my ability to download CD quality music INSTANTLY. There is a new file format called MP3 that is pretty mind-boggling when using a cable modem. I can start to download a music clip and it pretty much starts to play very near CD quality instantly. I personally can't tell the difference between my CD player and MP3 file format. And if I had a re-writeable CD, I could record the music just as fast as I play it. I think as we migrate towards higher bandwidth alternatives, the music industry may be turned on their heads sooner than the television or movie industry. MikeM(From Florida)