Listening to on-line radio.

[anotheoldgit]

Why when playing music from a on-line radio station does it keep stopping and starting?

I have plenty of memory.

[snags]

Buffering:

In streaming media, buffering refers to bringing in data before playing the audio or video. Having more audio data or video frames in memory than are actually needed at each precise moment compensates for momentary delays in transmission from the source.

When a network is fast enough to keep up with playback, buffering is not necessary

[VHG]

What speed broadband do you have?

Basically you are listening to it quicker than it can download it.

This is fairly common with video (as video files are large) but I am surprised you are having a problem with radio.

[thetruthhurts]

Despite what the providers advertise, you're broadband is a pretty hit and miss afair and depends on local networks.