iPlayer on JANET
May0
In my recent post about BBC iPlayer and the fact that PAVCON was abysmally bad at streaming I promised to do a comparison of the network where I currently reside against the behemoth that is JANET. For those who don’t know JANET is the network behind most academia in the UK, and is blazingly fast.
Well, I finally remembered to do this test whilst I was in the labs today, so here are the results.
iPlayer on JANET
I think that should suffice for watching TV. A curious fact though is that the PCs provided by the university are woefully underpowered for actually watching HD TV, lacking sufficient clout to actually decrypt and render the stream at any more than a couple of frames a second.
So, it looks like the way forwards is still beefy broadband and my laptop. bring on the new house in July.
Update On Life
Sep0
So, it’s been a while since I last posted an update. What’s going on in the world of Nick?
Head Wound
During a drunken night out I took part in a piggyback race, and promptly fell over leading to an impressive-looking set of injuries to my forehead. It’s not as bad as it looks.
Still No Job
Despite 50 CVs being sent out and the people at the careers centre telling me that my CV is excellent, I’m well qualified and I should be getting job offers left right and centre I still have no job. I got some feedback from the guy at PAVCON though, so hopefully I can use that to improve chances in future.
Rent
Living at the Junxion is hellishly expensive. Enough said.