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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, sindi keesan wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> > > Same problem cutting out with streaming
> > > audio.  Connected at 45333kbit/sec.
> >
> > Are you on dial-up?  If so, then I would expect
> > 45333bps to cut out.  With a 56kbps modem you can
> > cleanly handle a 32kbps stream, but anything faster
> > than that is dicey.
>
> Dialup, 45333 connection, streaming audio at 16-24K.
>
> > > after 24 sec I started losing a few sec at a time
> > > despite 320K buffer.
> >
> > The size of the buffer doesn't matter.  Once it is
> > exhausted, the stream will break up.  It's like a
> > bathtub.  It doesn't matter how full the bathtub is
> > when you start -- if the water is draining out faster
> > than it is flowing in, then eventually the bathtub
> > will be empty.

Steven's buffer explanation makes sense if the connection is not actually 
the 45333 shown by 'eznet log'.

I tested actual speed by downloading a 1MB pdf file from a fast site. 
Average speed 2Kbyte/sec = 16 KBit/sec, which explains why after 25-35 sec 
when the buffer empties I get only about 2/3 of the music from a 24K 
broadcast.

The modem also stops responding at all (for 10 min, until I hang up and 
dial again) every 25 min or so.  I timed it - 3 times in the last 1.5 
hours.  The clock said it was 25 min after I ppp-off'ed but ppp listed the 
connect time as 48 minutes.  Some clock chip is confused?

Whatever damaged onboard USB (and sound?) and the hard drive may have 
damaged the serial port as well.  I have no free slots now that I have put 
in USB and sound cards.  I will try again to identify onboard sound.

Got to send this before I lose connection again.  I could use a slower 
computer to go online and save this one for compiling and DVD watching. If 
the network card works in this computer I can use the 486 laptop as a 
'default gateway'.

Sindi