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Old 11-28-2007, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by EyesofThunder View Post
How much bandwidth does IPTV need? Will it make a significant drain on my net connection? If I am doing a serious download, will my TV signal from the IPTV box suffer?

We had a lifelong subscription to SkyAngel and they are now abandoning being on Dish/Echostar's sat at 61.5 and going to IPTV, but they still can't seem to tell me much about it other than you need a min 1.5Mb connection.

Is there anyone actually using it yet in any significant capacity?

Thanks!
I would look into free online streaming TV channels to understand if your connection is fast enough and how your router handles streaming video while doing a large download.

Check wwiTV for a list of channels and try several channels with progressively higher bit rates.

One thing to keep in mind is that the programming providers' capacities may be limited, so I would try to pick ones with theoretically higher capacity (like TV Marti, ABC News or Shop NBC).
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