Have I got the maths right with kbps in Streaming Audio?

radiogold

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I have just created some audio files in wav format in Sound Forge. Now I have encoded them into Windows Media Format. The wma files were converted into a bitrate of 32 kbps, 22 kHz, stereo. If the bitrate is 32 kbps, this would mean 32,000 bits per second. Because I'm doing it in stereo, does this mean that the media would be playing at 64,000 bits per second, threw the modem? This would be 64K of data going threw a 56K Modem.

I have no idea on how 56k users are receiving my programs, As I use 256k broadband. The audio in question is at the following link.

http://www.2prfm.com/on-air/backtrax-1977.wma

I'm hoping that I'm wrong, and that it means 2 X 16kbps. If this is the case, then I've got no problem, as my listeners bandwith would not be at the maximum data transfer capacity.

Thanks

Mark
 
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