Streaming Audio

[xtcfreak]

I've recently upgraded to ADSL. The problem is that i can no longer connect to streaming audio station through Winamp, Real pleayer etc. Where as I use to be able through a standard 56k modem.Someone told me that this is because Telkom blocks the high end user port or something like that. Is this true or was the installation botched up.

 

[ASnogarD]

Is it not working at all or very slow ?

Telkom apparently controls network usage via network shaping, this is basically giving priority to certain ports over other other ports. HTTP , FTP and e-mail have got the highest priority in this system so during business hours the amount of HTTP , FTP and e-mail traffic cause applications that use other ports to be very slow - not sure if this applie to streaming audio though.

Advice:

1: Try again after say 6pm , theres less HTTP,FTP and e-mail traffic and other applications work better.

2: Try conecting to a local radio website like www.ecr.co.za and test your audio streaming ability there.

Hope it helps.