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i know these kind of posts are a little techie for some on the
list(maybe not), but this stuff is good to learn.
we're really in the middle of a lot of development.
people are building the foundation for what's to come.

Question:
do RSS readers use my bandwidth when they check for new feeds?
and if i have an enclosure in a post, does it suck up even more bandwidth?



Sat Sep 25, 2004 5:49 pm

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i know these kind of posts are a little techie for some on the list(maybe not), but this stuff is good to learn. we're really in the middle of a lot of...
Jay dedman
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Sep 25, 2004
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... Yes. Not enough to be a problem if your feed is not outrageously popular. ... Yes. Potentially quite a lot, even at relatively low numbers of ...
Lucas Gonze
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Sep 25, 2004
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BitTorrent is somewhat of a solution for dealing with the bandwidth issue, as it distributes some of the payload onto other users trying to download the file....
Joshua Kinberg
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Sep 25, 2004
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... has anyone developed a process for creating a bit torrent file and adding it as an enclosure to a bog post? just seems like more steps we got to figure...
Jay dedman
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Sep 25, 2004
6:15 pm

... can you explain why? does the RSS reader catually download the video each time it checks it? this is a huge problem for videoblogging if true. what are the...
Jay dedman
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Sep 25, 2004
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... One reason is that subscribers will always download, regardless of whether they will listen, so your bandwidth will be higher no matter what. Another...
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