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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. Hahaha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That's what you get for living in an Internet third world country.

    At various times, I've transferred more than 40GB a day, but never noticeably been throttled.

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

    No offense, but what are you downloading that is a gig or two PER NIGHT? if you're running some commercial enterprise you should pay commercial rates.

    I barely use several gigs PER MONTH, let alone per day.

    In short, why should I pay for your net usage?