I seem to remember when I proposed ISP on-site caching for the iPlayer, there were many naysayers.
So, I am pleased to read: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7787335.stm "The BBC has worked with British company Velocix to test a system which puts servers in ISPs that store, or cache, the most popular iPlayer programmes. Mr Rose said smart software in the iPlayer would check these caches to see if the programme a user wants is loaded locally on a caching device near the user. Streaming from within an ISP's network cuts the cost of transporting that traffic for both the BBC and the net supplier. It was up to ISPs now to get hold of the caching boxes and install them, ... ISPs that use the caching technology in the same way it did with other firms that carry or broadcast BBC content. Oh, yeah, there's a Mac download version too. Seems only fair now they have their very own blue screen of death problem. [ducks] And with Adobe's AIR on Linux. [ducks again] Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
