"craigm" wrote in message
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Brenda Ann wrote:


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Streaming is not DX. Also, where do you think these rural listeners are
going to get broadband internet access that would allow them to listen to
these streams? Ain't gonna happen, because nobody is supplying broadband
outside of cities. (hint: satellite internet doesn't handle streaming
audio for beans, since the backhaul is still via telephone modem, and the
lag doesn't allow for enough FEC... )


Can you explain "backhaul is still via telephone modem"?

Sure.

Downlink is from the bird. You still have to be connected to a phone line
for your uplink (unless you want to pay beuxcoup bux for an uplink
transmitter). Thus, you get good download speeds, but the return path is a
slow 56Kb/s phone modem. This causes long ping times, which causes poor
forward error correction and nasty slow uploads.