How fast does my broadband connection need to be to listen to radio stations?
The radio stations are provided at bandwidths of either 96kbps or 128kbps, depending on the station. All Westnet broadband customers can listen to our radio stations, but the less bandwidth your account has, the slower the rest of your Internet connection will run. For instance, customers on Westnet’s Broadband1 plans have set bandwidth allocations between 256kbps and up to 8000kbps depending on your plan and telephone line’s condition. You can listen to radio stations on such a connection, but Internet performance can suffer if you’re listening to a 128kbps radio station on a 256kbps connection. Customers on Westnet’s Broadband2 plans have connections with bandwidth ranging between 1536kbps and 20480kbps, determined by distance to the exchange and other unique factors. The fraction of bandwidth which the radio stations use is relatively small, so your overall connection speed shouldn’t be affected.
