Play music through Skype

[Ric Moore]

On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 06:43 -0500, Billie Walsh wrote: 
> On 05/27/2011 01:56 AM, Nils Kassube wrote:
> > Ric Moore wrote:
> >> Since it's a known fact that the Internet is a series of tubes, what
> >> you are trying to do, via Skype, will cost someone else some
> >> bandwidth.
> >
> > I don't think that's a problem because that other person agreed to
> > provide the bandwidth. According to the Skype EULA, Skype may use up all
> > the available resources. Or at least that was my understanding of the
> > EULA when I rejected it some years ago.
> >
> >
> > Nils
> >
> 
> We live out beyond the end of the fiber and wires. Our internet comes to 
> us via radio. Think of it as a kind of Super Wifi. Anyway, we have a 
> very close relationship with our ISP. We provide tower space and the 
> electricity to run his equipment which he sells service to others from. 
> In exchange we get free high speed internet service. He hates Skype. 
> It's a _MAJOR_ bandwidth hog. He will often throttle back someone that 
> uses Skype. A major hog like Skype slows down everyone else on the system.

That was my point. When the technology is misunderstood, then it's just
a magic tube to stuff a radio broadcast of "My Favorite Music" through,
and every one else eats worms. On one hand, it would be an interesting
intellectual effort to learn how to do so. On the other, if everyone did
it, I wouldn't see my email for days. So, I agree with ole Ted Stevens,
the Internet is not a truck, it's a series of tubes! ...and a tube has a
limited/finite amount of capacity.  

> On the interesting side. Use of a magicJack doesn't even show up on the 
> network, I don't know how they do it but it uses virtualy no bandwidth 
> at all and call quality is excellent. Must be some kind of compression 
> algorithm.

They would probably sell for 5 billion, since it seems to work. :) Ric


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