ss wrote:

We were both watching PM question time tonight (wed)
Me on my desktop and she on laptop.
Desktop has cable connection, laptop wifi.
The desktop was running about half minute behind the laptop.

How come, I would have thought both would be running at the same time.

Is this normal?

No. Are you sure you were both watching it on the same site? If so, the
only likely place for such a delay would be the browser rendering the
stream, and that doesn't sound very likely.



Now to take this a stage further(which I wont) could I argue I dont need
a licence to watch it on my desktop as it is not accurately live but
running about half minute later?

Given the delay in digital channels, no. Anyway it is when it is being
transmitted that counts, not when it is being watched. But I think the
definition of 'live' includes a *nearly" or similar caveat.


--

Roger Hayter