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haydnwalker · 04-04-2008, 10:41

The BBC is wrong to suggest the ISPs should put their prices up to tackle bandwidth issues!

Who are they to suggest this is the way forward...they make £xxx (400??) Billion quid-a-year!

ISPs should be working with ALL content providers to find the balance between good quality content and bandwidth friendly content options.

Personally I think HD TV over broadband is a no-no at the moment until services (a) speed up and (b) bandwidth becomes cheaper (but i'm not holding my breath on that part).

The BBC should admit that it's made a mistake in using P2P as a medium. My view is that it's used P2P because its the cheapest form of content delivery - using users connections to allow faster/more reliable downloading of its content.

Really it should have spent the money on server & network infrastructure to manage this (or at least part-manage it).

I do use iPlayer - on my 2mb Cable connection. I have streamed and downloaded content. But I wouldn't rely on it for watching TV i've missed alot. Maybe once per week (topgear usually).

Everyone (ISPs, content providers & OFCOM) should be talking alot about this. And BT Wholesale, though profit-driven (in all honesty, no matter what they say) should be lowering wholesale prices (or even prices of LLU delivery) to help the takeup broadband.

My view is - the more broadband subscribers there are, the more profit ISPs make, and the more money they SHOULD have to put back into their networks and content and content delivery systems!

04-04-2008, 10:41	#9
haydnwalker cf.addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Doncaster, South Yorkshire Services: Telewest DTV, Phone and 2MB Broadband Posts: 361	Re: BBC tells ISPs to get stuffed The BBC is wrong to suggest the ISPs should put their prices up to tackle bandwidth issues! Who are they to suggest this is the way forward...they make £xxx (400??) Billion quid-a-year! ISPs should be working with ALL content providers to find the balance between good quality content and bandwidth friendly content options. Personally I think HD TV over broadband is a no-no at the moment until services (a) speed up and (b) bandwidth becomes cheaper (but i'm not holding my breath on that part). The BBC should admit that it's made a mistake in using P2P as a medium. My view is that it's used P2P because its the cheapest form of content delivery - using users connections to allow faster/more reliable downloading of its content. Really it should have spent the money on server & network infrastructure to manage this (or at least part-manage it). I do use iPlayer - on my 2mb Cable connection. I have streamed and downloaded content. But I wouldn't rely on it for watching TV i've missed alot. Maybe once per week (topgear usually). Everyone (ISPs, content providers & OFCOM) should be talking alot about this. And BT Wholesale, though profit-driven (in all honesty, no matter what they say) should be lowering wholesale prices (or even prices of LLU delivery) to help the takeup broadband. My view is - the more broadband subscribers there are, the more profit ISPs make, and the more money they SHOULD have to put back into their networks and content and content delivery systems!