If these Internet Service Providers don't want to provide Internet access that makes them another Great British oxymoron, surely?
Which reminds me, why doesn't Virgin Media use their 100Mb/s connections they use to connect to the set-top boxes and cable modems to provide a 100Mb/s service - they could blow BSkyB out of the water as ADSL simply can't manage that... On 13/08/07, Glyn Wintle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oh trust me the Open Rights Group has been watching this issue for some > time. > http://www.openrightsgroup.org/orgwiki/index.php/Net_Neutrality#UK > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 6:25:48 PM > Subject: Re: [backstage] BT denies pressurising the BBC over iPlayer > > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > Luggage? GPS? Comic books? > Check out fitting gifts for > grads<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48249/*http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz>at > Yahoo! Search. > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth www.ukfree.tv
