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I think my math is haywire. How about this. The stream reports 401 kbits/second not Kbytes. So now I conclude that 401/500 x .05960 = .04768 MBps .04759 x 60 x 60 x *105 = 18,023.04 MB *for 3 games of 5days (7 hours per day) = *105 hrs total 18,023.04 MB/1024 = 17.600625 GBs for December's games. How's that? Ben.

Hello Swimmer, Shrug7272 or? Shaw is capping my bandwidth usage. I need help determining what I can do with these limitations. 60GBs per month. My stream is 411kbps. It runs (if I were to watch the full offering on each of five days) a total of 35 hours. I suspect I am way over the odds. So I must limit my watching. In December are three games for a total of 15 days, each day 7 hours long. Total hours = 105. 105 hours of stream at 411 kbps = 411 x 60 x 60 x 105 = 15,535,800 Kbs 15,535,800 Kbs = 1,5171.7 MBs = 14.82 GBs Well that suggests I can do it but my math is probably haywire. Help much apreciated! Ben.

Hello Swimmer, Been offline - no power - lotsa snow. I see Netstat is for WinXP I have WinME. Would this show something similar as a freeware? http://www.programurl.com/list.php?categ=905000&page=1&criteria=downloads I have High Speed with Shaw. And no my downloads don't drop off in speed but then I am talking about smallish freeware stuff - I don't download anything else. I want to clarify what exactly is a download. Is streaming video which doesn't remain on my comp considered by Shaw to be a download? I have been watching a game which runs for 7 hrs each day for five days. The stream is, if WMP9 is to be believed, an optimum of 411 kBps. I think its a capital B. If I multiply 411 x 60 (secs) x 60Mins x 7 what does that give me? Is there a better way of calculating the size of my daily download? If it is a download. I have never even seen the Shaw TOS so was completely surprised by the 60GB limitation per month. As far as I can tell, in this area (southern Vancouver Island) Shaw have the monopoly on Broadband cable so my option would be perhaps Telus. But at 71 with only 6 years computing and that on-line all with Shaw I am pretty clueless about a very great deal pertaining to ports, protocols, Network settings and so on. I am a single user on a home computer. I use a Linksys BEFSR11 router. Since I wrote the first post on the 23rd. I have had one day (out of seven) uninterrupted streaming over 7 hours. The problem I found was mine and lay in a corrupted registry as applied to an install of WMP9. It appeared as a response to my checking in WMP9 the option File Types . "Registry Error" was all I got. I ignored it!! Realising something was up I did a format/install of WinME and upgraded the WMP7.1 to WMP9 again. This time it was OK. But there have been other complications involving I.E.6 settings. I think I have those beat since I can view the sample clip from the site I am invested in. This one: http://www.cricketon.tv/Stream-Cricket.asp In other words my experience before and today after our power blackout and cable down besides has a muddled history in my head! But since I have got past the difficulty this morning with WMPs trying and failing to acquire a license by juggling settings in I.E.6 at least I hope that that tomorrow's new game will be available - unless Shaw is implicated. My first post dwelt with Willowtv and until the game begins I can't check that out again. Its a freebie I have been given since their support made a series of boo boos. A better stream but larger 500+ but with no similar check method since their sample is a download temp DAT file - not a streaming one. Shaw deny their D/L speed is poor. They sent me to their own test!! Also the one at Speedtest.net which yields OK results. They don't like this site's one!!! Once again, Swimmer, sorry to have been late with this, and thanks to Shrug7272 and resopalrabotnick for their input.

Hi, Shug7272 As you suggest I have started a 'campaign' with Shaw Cable. The streaming interface? on the one I have paid for is normal WMP and on the trial one is what I think is WMP but is somehow 'embedded'? in a webpage. WMP has Options but probably not telling me what port the streaming is using. The other has some settings to do with Zoom and some choices to do with Default or HTTP or TCP/IP.or UDP and Network 1 thru 4. None of which changed anything except that Network 4 didn't work - period. All of which is meaningless to me. I began my computing life six years ago at 65 and I get more stupid as the years pass!! I do have a Linksys router but removing it makes not a bit of difference. Have a happy Thanksgiving and thanks from me. Ben.

Thanks, Shug7272, Yes I have read of that lowering of BW for P2P but this is legit paid for stuff. I would have post in the Shaw Communications forum but it seems 'dead' with only two posts. I am dead ignorant about ports. I have a router and I did take it out but that made no diffrence. So when you say "If you have the option to change ports in your programs try changing the port to some weird off number" I admit I don't know how. Thanks for the welcome. I have seen some of your many posts here - you are a regular - good to 'meet' you. Ben.

I seem to find mounting evidence that my cable IP (Shaw Canada) is capping streaming video downloads in terms of broadband width. I use WinME. I have purchased one streaming video package and have trial access to another - both providing the same content. The sample clips. provided by the first are actual streaming, the second is a DAT download to a temp folder. The first streams at 511 (or 500+) and steadily, the second at 285 (precisely) and steadily. The actual streams (not run simutaneously) with Cablenut adjustments set (Van Buren tried-out) produce an acceptable stream of 311 and 532 respectively. The former (311) becomes reliable after an hour or so; the latter (532) streams for about 90secs and then this message appears at the head of a white screen: "No Internet Connection available to contact Willowtv Portal". On contacting their support team, and I quote, this response: "The error faced by you - "No Internet Connection available to contact Willow TV Portal! " generally appears when there is insufficient bandwidth. This could happen either because of temporary fluctuation at your ISP's side or some network congestion in the route which clears up usually soon. Also, another possibility could be when your machine is having multiple instances of browser or significant Internet activity in progress. As live streaming requires a minimum bandwidth of 400Kbps available for undisturbed viewing, we advise you to verify your Internet speed when you face this problem again or close other programs that may be utilizing your bandwidth. Should you continue to face the problem in spite of everything is in order on your machine; we suggest you report this intermittent issue to your ISP as well." doesn't mean much to me (Iam a novice in matters streaming). But it does occur to me that if my IP 'declined' broadband streaming over, say 400, this may account for my experience. The drop-out is so regular (at 90secs +- 1 or 2) that it suggests a deliberate capping by my IP. I took several Download Tests at the time (no streaming runnig) they were so low (in terms of my IPs average as to make me further question this entire situation. I have extracted the relevant lines of three tests run in a 10 min period: Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 6.91 % of your hosts average (shawcable.net) Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 6.36 % of your hosts average (shawcable.net) Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 5.21 % of your hosts average (shawcable.net) Any suggestions much appreciated. Ben.