How much bandwidth does streaming radio use?

[AnitaPeterson]

Hi there,

My mother in-law is visiting from abroad, and while she's here, she likes to have her favourite radio station playing music and interspersing the broadcast with news... which I was able to get via internet streaming...

The thing is, I'm also downloading some stuff with Azureus, and I see my speed has dropped significantly... how much bandwidth can this damn radio use?

 

[DeviousTrap]

Lets say 128kbps radio. Divide that by 8, so you are basically downloading at 16Kb/s if you are listening to a station that broadcasts at 128kbps.

 

[aidanjm]

I've wondered that at times.

 

[Viper GTS]

Not that much, if you're on an exceptionally slow broadband connection you might notice it.

128 is on the high end for streaming radio.

Viper GTS