Re: CBGB Archive-Patti

["Anthony J. Rzepela" <rzepelaa>]

Jeff Riedle wrote:
> 
> I just went to the Patti show at CBGB's on Rocktropolis 'cuz I figured I'd
> record the material that I missed last Wednesday, and when I played it back
> I hear a static-like hiss sound every few seconds throughout the recording.

The first warning signs of a Net Congestion-related slowdown.

All you can do on your end is try at a time when
Patti is less likely to be interrupted by the far less
important 'net traffic buzzing around between rocktropolis
and your provider (someone's recommendation of running 
a traceroute was a good idea - gives you an idea of how 
sluggish things are at the moment) or make sure you
shut down all the other programs sending/receiving traffic 
(PointCast, etc.)  including any constantly-refreshing animated 
ads that Rocktroplis themselves might be pushing, 
or automated porn downloads. (You can shut
down Netscape and still have the RA client running.)

> It sounds like crap, but I guess its all I'll get for now. Anybody else
> notice this problem??

I never was _fully_ free of it on my dialup connection,
but it wasn't a problem on the original 'cast, which I 
listened to at work.