At 19:49 +0100 2/7/07, Christopher Woods wrote:
It is partially P2P... It's the nature of the Kontiki client. You download
content and it comes primarily off the BBC servers, but I've noticed
connections to other peers whilst downloading content. I've also noticed
Kontiki uploading content to other peers when it's just been sitting idle
(and it doesn't matter whether the iPlayer library app is sitting in the
tray or not loaded, the khost and kservice services run 24/7 unless you
manually kill them).
Not something I really care about, but for people on limited bandwidth plans
it's an issue - something I raised on the forums, suggesting a "do not use
my connection to upload to peers" or similar in the Kontiki app (can't
remember my exact wording now), or at least a funtion to disable the P2P
nature of the platform.
They are partially right... ;)
OK. But doesn't that mean the BBC is no longer a *broadcaster* in the
pure sense, and in the sense defined in the BBC Charter and elsewhere?
Gordo
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