They will no will no longer throttle mobile internet to unusable speeds after data allowances are exhausted, so it is kind of a “minimum universal connection” via mobile.

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    400kbit/s is surprisingly usable. I’m able to use my podcast app at 1.25x on 256kbit/s so with near double that i’m sure I could use it on my standard 1.6x that I like to use.

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      If streaming in 256kbit/s only required 256kbit/s actual connection, your math is correct…in reality it will need higher bandwidth to stream seamlessly at that bitrate.

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        23 hours ago

        These are audio podcasts, not video, and it did work. Mind you, I couldn’t have anything else going at the same time, but it did actually work.