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Foil 9 RealAudio Server from Progressive Networks

From Networking Basics-CPS606fall96 CPS606fall96 -- Fall Semester 96. by Nancy J. McCracken * See also color IMAGE

Properties of RealAudio
  • Delivers live or on-demand audio to your Website
  • Delivery is real-time, with download delays
  • Full random access, just like a CD player
  • Full monitoring of performance and traffic
  • Improved delivery with fewer packets lost
Server stores audio clips encoded for different bandwidths
  • Broadcast quality radio AM, optimized for speach, not music, at 14.4 kbps
  • Broadcast quality radio FM, including music, at 28.8 kbps
  • Near CD-like sound for ISDN and LAN bandwidths
Servers are set up with different numbers of stream capacities:
  • 56kbps frame relay: 4 streams
  • ISDN 5-10 streams
  • T1 100 streams
  • T3 3,000-4,000 streams



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