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BBC's iPlayer Chief Pushes Tiered Charging For ISPs

Posted by timothy on from the if-isp-bills-looked-like-phone-bills dept.

rs232 writes with a link to a story at The Register which begins: "The executive in charge of the BBC iPlayer has suggested that internet users could be charged £10 per month extra on their broadband bill for higher quality streaming." The article suggests (perhaps optimistically) that "after years of selling consumers pipes, not what they carry, [tiered, site-specific pricing] would be tough to pull off."

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  1. It's time to scrap the BBC by johnsie · · Score: 0, Troll

    Youtube is better. Also, the BBC has a blatent left-wing political stance. It's ok for a normal media corporation to be politically biased because you can just turn over, but a taxpayer funded one should be a little more balanced. Yes you can turn the BBC over, but you still have to support them financially whether you watch BBC channels or not. I've nothing against people who are left of centre, I just dont like paying the BBC if they are not being even-sided. I also don't see the point in funding the BBC when the Internet has brought us plenty of alternatives. If it isn't scrapped then it should be an optional subscription like virgin or sky that you only pay for if you use it.