Glyn, You wouldn't think that all those fibre optic pathways that connect the telephone exchanges together are bi-directional - but the service sold to the punters is asymmetric. So BT want people to pay AGAIN for something they can't actually use....
On 13/08/07, Glyn Wintle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wonder if BT is worried about being seen to operate in a cartel with > other ISPs on this issue. > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/13/bt_denies_iplayer_worries/ > Author: Chris Williams > > BT has denied reports that it is working with other ISPs to pressurise the > BBC or consumers into paying extra for delivery of iPlayer on demand TV > shows. > > Chief press officer Adam Liversage contacted The Reg this afternoon to > distance the telco from a predictable net neutrality row. He countered > reports citing unnamed BT sources in The Independent on Sunday, Financial > Times, and Mail on Sunday that link the telco with comments from Tiscali > boss Mary Turner. She said the bandwidth demands of the iPlayer may be too > much for ISPs to bear. > Liversage wrote: "Whilst we've been fingered as 'part of the gang' in > certain press reports, BT is not complaining about or discussing the > implications of iPlayer with the BBC." > > The IOS story had quoted a "senior insider": "It is certainly a live > debate between ISPs and the BBC. If the BBC gets the numbers it wants for > iPlayer then network capacity could become an issue." The paper reported > that BT had made its feelings known to the Beeb's new media chief Ashley > Highfield. > > Liversage rebuffed the claims: "We're not up in arms about iPlayer, we're > not complaining to the BBC or discussing it with them." > > He wrote that BT's only concern over iPlayer was that people would be > unaware that the Kontiki P2P distribution system which runs in the > background would be eating into their monthly GB usage allowance even when > they are not viewing or downloading. > So there you have it. > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. > Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. > http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial > list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
