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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."

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  1. I hope they are logging by Midnight+Thunder · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I hope the ISPs are logging everything, to conform to requirements about monitoring for terrorist activity ;)

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  2. Re:We'll all be throttled by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Good idea. Maybe we can expand that reasoning to other applications, too. How about roads or public transportation? After all, I never use public transportation and since I live close to work I rarely use roads. Instead, I bike or walk.

    So why should I pay for others' transportation costs?

    Same with health care...and education...and trash collection...etc.