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BBC iPlayer Bandwidth Explosion Bodes Ill For ISPs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the economics-of-broke dept.

penfold69 writes "Dave Tomlinson is one of the network gurus at PlusNET PLC, a Tier-2 ISP in the UK. He recently put up a blog post about the ramifications of the BBC iPlayer for the ISP industry in the UK. The post makes some very interesting reading regarding the bandwidth usage triggered by the iPlayer, and raises timely questions about the Net Neutrality debate. The Register also picked up on this story with a good review of who is going to have to pay for all this legal video streaming."

4 of 249 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Copyright or Tech? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    But that would be the smart thing to do!

  2. good games? by OglinTatas · · Score: 5, Funny

    Crap, I missed Bandwidth Explosion Bodes I and II. Were they any good? Are they available on a Mac?

    Are they some kind of guitar hero/FPS mashup?

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  3. Re:I will! by Jaysyn · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...for very small quantities of "unlimited"

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  4. Duh! They're *movies*... by ClayJar · · Score: 2, Funny

    So they spelled it wrong in the title. They're movies of... er... an "educational" persuasion: Bandwidth Explosion Bodies 1-3 (downloadable through your local USENET or bittorrent client).