Faster to dl to computer or to phone?

For some reason WNYC in NYC has few "podcasts" that can be downloaded to
my computer**. OTOH, it has a free app and one can dl any of this
stuff to the phone, and it says "Save for later / Download episodes to
your phone to listen to later, offline." and I can do that at night when
I have wifi.

The question is time. How much slower or faster do you think it would
be to dl a 50 minute audio file to a phone via wifi versus to a computer
on the same wifi?.

On my last trip, I already didn't have enough time to dl enough, so if
it's slower (or it's harder to queue), I'll badger them about why they
don't allow real podcasts.

It's sort of annoying that everything is centered around phones these
days and computers are by comparison ignored.



**It says the ones you can do that for will have a *** and that *** can
be found on most of our segments pages, but even though I found segments
pages, I have found any ***.
https://nypublicradio.zendesk.com/hc...m-the-Website-

On Sat, 23 Sep 2017 20:32:31 -0400 "micky"
wrote in article
The question is time. How much slower or faster do you think it would
be to dl a 50 minute audio file to a phone via wifi versus to a computer
on the same wifi?.


It should be about the same I would think. If you place the phone very
close to the router (don't know where the PC is) it might be faster.

In article , micky
wrote:


The question is time. How much slower or faster do you think it would
be to dl a 50 minute audio file to a phone via wifi versus to a computer
on the same wifi?.

assuming the same version of wifi (b/g/n/ac) and no network issues, it
should be about the same.

if one device has faster wifi and/or is using a faster network
connection, then it will be faster, assuming it's not limited server
side.

On my last trip, I already didn't have enough time to dl enough, so if
it's slower (or it's harder to queue), I'll badger them about why they
don't allow real podcasts.

It's sort of annoying that everything is centered around phones these
days and computers are by comparison ignored.

phones are computers and nothing is ignored. whatever device you want
to use will work, whether it's a phone, tablet, laptop or dekstop.

micky wrote:
For some reason WNYC in NYC has few "podcasts" that can be downloaded to
my computer**. OTOH, it has a free app and one can dl any of this
stuff to the phone, and it says "Save for later / Download episodes to
your phone to listen to later, offline." and I can do that at night when
I have wifi.

The question is time. How much slower or faster do you think it would
be to dl a 50 minute audio file to a phone via wifi versus to a computer
on the same wifi?.

On my last trip, I already didn't have enough time to dl enough, so if
it's slower (or it's harder to queue), I'll badger them about why they
don't allow real podcasts.

It's sort of annoying that everything is centered around phones these
days and computers are by comparison ignored.



**It says the ones you can do that for will have a *** and that *** can
be found on most of our segments pages, but even though I found segments
pages, I have found any ***.
https://nypublicradio.zendesk.com/hc...m-the-Website-

Why not have a race, and see which one finishes first ?

Paul

micky wrote:

For some reason WNYC in NYC has few "podcasts" that can be downloaded to
my computer**. OTOH, it has a free app and one can dl any of this
stuff to the phone, and it says "Save for later / Download episodes to
your phone to listen to later, offline." and I can do that at night when
I have wifi.

The question is time. How much slower or faster do you think it would
be to dl a 50 minute audio file to a phone via wifi versus to a computer
on the same wifi?.

On my last trip, I already didn't have enough time to dl enough, so if
it's slower (or it's harder to queue), I'll badger them about why they
don't allow real podcasts.

It's sort of annoying that everything is centered around phones these
days and computers are by comparison ignored.

**It says the ones you can do that for will have a *** and that *** can
be found on most of our segments pages, but even though I found segments
pages, I have found any ***.
https://nypublicradio.zendesk.com/hc...m-the-Website-

We don't know what you have for downstream bandwidth with your ISP.

With wifi to a smartphone, you might get anywhere from 5 to 50 Mbps, or
higher, depending on what 802.11xx protocol is supported by your phone
and your wifi router/modem (something else you didn't mention). I
sometimes get about 55 Mbps but often it drops to only 3-5 Mbps. I've
never found out why it bounces from low to high DL speed but, geez, does
my smartphone gets super-slow at times. Sometimes it loses wifi
connection to my wifi router and its only 8 feet across the room through
open air (no obstructions) and I find I'm stuck on LTE but that is
really slow compared to wifi. I'll notice speed is really low, lookup
at the status bar, see "LTE", and rescan to reconnect to my wifi
router/modem. Don't why my phone periodically disconnects on wifi.

My phone only supports the 2.4 GHz wifi band which is slower (although
long range) than the 5 GHz band which is faster (but shorter range).
You didn't say which band you are using.

Also, of note is that I have a low-end smartphone. Got it on sale for
$50. Normal price at that time was $180 but it's down to $120 now. The
problem is network speed is affected by the processor and my phone has a
slow one. Nope, I'm not blowing $400, or more, to get a super-duper
high-end smartphone.

Compare that to the 240 Mbps DL bandwidth I get using a wired connection
(Ethernet) to the same router/modem and which is *consistently* high.
My phone via wifi doesn't come anywhere close (at home or anywhere else)
to what I get for my cable bandwidth at home.

Is there a reason you cannot test your effective up/down bandwidths for
your phone and compare it to those for your desktop?

On 2017-09-24, micky wrote:

For some reason WNYC in NYC has few "podcasts" that can be downloaded to
my computer**. OTOH, it has a free app and one can dl any of this
stuff to the phone, and it says "Save for later / Download episodes to
your phone to listen to later, offline." and I can do that at night when
I have wifi.

The question is time. How much slower or faster do you think it would
be to dl a 50 minute audio file to a phone via wifi versus to a computer
on the same wifi?.

[...]

I think the only difference in 'speed of download' between two devices
using the same internet connection, would be due to the power and speed
of the hardware and the efficiency of the software in use.

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-- ^^^^^^^^^^
-- Whiskers
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For some reason WNYC in NYC has few "podcasts" that can be downloaded to
my computer**. OTOH, it has a free app and one can dl any of this
stuff to the phone, and it says "Save for later / Download episodes to
your phone to listen to later, offline." and I can do that at night when
I have wifi.

If your desktop WiFi is really faster than your phone's, you might
want to consider using an Android emulator on your PC. A good emulator
works just like an android phone but has an interface suitable for a
PC monitor. It should allow you to install any app suitable for the
Android OS it emulates.

The Downloads folder is usually aliased to a folder on your PC. My
Leapdroid emulator has Google Play Store built-in, but requires me to
use the "Advanced Download Manager" app to force all downloads to go
directly to a PC folder. Works very well. Unfortunately Leapdroid is
no longer supported by its developers. But there are many other decent
emulators.

7 Best Android Emulators for Windows...
https://beebom.com/best-android-emulators-windows

You might be able to run the Android app directly in the Chrome
browser using the ARC Welder extension.
https://www.techspot.com/article/136...s-using-chrome