A while ago I signed up for Joost’s list to be notified when it hit beta/was downloadable.

Well I’ve since downloaded and installed it, and … WOW. Very glossy. Perhaps too glossy.

Inititally I installed it at work, as my home computer is crap and has no video card to speak of (pre S3 Virge). I was that impressed with the quality served from work that I immediately wondered what the bandwidth cost was. A poke around on their site reveals that it chews a massive 320MB downloads per hour watched, which is a bit too rich for the entry level broadband plans that most of Australia’s 3.5 million broadband users subscribe to.

So I guess I’ll not be using it from home, what with a minimum bandwidth cost over 3 times my max speed. And I can’t really be watching it while at work.

References:
Joost
How much bandwidth does the application use (Joost)
Australian entry level broadband plans (Whirlpool.net.au)
Broadband users by Country (Wikipedia)