On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:11:06 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:
>Martin wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:46:36 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>[]
>> >It's all the BBC iplayer's fault apparently.
>>
>> I'd find that plausible now,
>
>I don't. The huge take up of broadband has boosted the profits of the
>likes of BT and the ISPs. (Sky lost money with its broadband launch, but
>that was a slightly different thing.) They advertise fast services to
>their customers, and in particular things like _video_, then when people
>use the services they complain that the BBC should pay for it? They can
>get stuffed. :)
If you look on the technical sites you can find references to the calculations
that show why BBC iPlayer is overloading Internet. The BBC should be spending
money on new programs and not wasting it on other things all the time. They
might start by ensuring that everywhere in UK has full BBC coverage via
conventional means.
I noticed that Belgian TV Canvas charges per program downloaded, not that many
do, as none of the relevant links appear to work on their website :o)
--
Martin
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