How much bandwidth does streaming radio use?

Posted by admin on February 25th, 2010 and filed under streaming radio | 2 Comments »

I was told not to visit youtube at work because it uses too much bandwidth. but i have to have some type of music to stay happy and motivated.

Online radio won’t take that much bandwidth. it would be around 1 or 2 MB per minutes. but it depends on the quality of the radio. if you are using a Windows Pc, you can download any free bandwidth meter and check how much bandwidth it is taking. one such free bandwidth meter listed is
ShaPlus Bandwidth meter – http://www.shaplus.com/bandwidth-meter/

2 Responses

  1. Sann Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 10:01 pm

    Streaming radio uses about 5 times less bandwidth than youtube. It also depends on the quality.
    References :

  2. inin Says:
    February 25th, 2010 at 10:28 pm

    Online radio won’t take that much bandwidth. it would be around 1 or 2 MB per minutes. but it depends on the quality of the radio. if you are using a Windows Pc, you can download any free bandwidth meter and check how much bandwidth it is taking. one such free bandwidth meter listed is
    ShaPlus Bandwidth meter – http://www.shaplus.com/bandwidth-meter/

    References :

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