Carlos Roman wrote:
Be do have a fair use policy (https://www.bethere.co.uk/fairusage.do) but no actual
mention of what they define as excessive network usage. I think they were
quoted as saying that it was if you downloaded more than 80 GB a month (which so far I've
never been penalised
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think the ISPs have a point ... the ADSL network is (currently)
like a collection of country roads (narrow and fairly slow) which the
BBC is trying to drive it's supersize juggernauts down. Think the
ISPs should use some form of traffic shaping for iPlayer traffic and
On 15/04/2008, David Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think the ISPs have a point ... the ADSL network is (currently)
like a collection of country roads (narrow and fairly slow) which the
BBC is trying to drive it's supersize juggernauts down. Think the
ISPs
On Thursday 10 April 2008 12:26:57 Andy wrote:
It's only safe to cache data when you know it is cacheable.
I agree with many of the sentiments you raise, but a key thing to remember is
that many caches will not cache objects over a certain size.
Lots of heuristics around caching have been
Andy wrote:
The BBC forgot to mention it's actually blocking ISPs from caching the
streams.
As has already been pointed out, caching the streams wouldn't help ISPs
because it's not their upstream bandwidth costs that are concerning
them. Leaving aside the practicality of caching content
Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC tells ISPs to get stuffed
On Thursday 10 April 2008 12:26:57 Andy wrote:
It's only safe to cache data when you know it is cacheable.
I agree with many of the sentiments you raise, but a key thing to remember is
that many caches will not cache objects over a certain size
Mr I Forrester wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/03/bbc_highfield_isp_threat/
I love this alleged quote at the end:
One executive at a major ISP stormed back at Highfield:
Relying on the customer's failure to read the small print is
not the basis for a digital content strategy.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think the ISPs have a point ... the ADSL network is (currently) like a
collection of country roads (narrow and fairly slow) which the BBC is trying to
drive it's supersize juggernauts down. Think the ISPs should use some form of
traffic shaping for iPlayer traffic
Mr I Forrester wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/03/bbc_highfield_isp_threat/
The saga continues courtesy of the Reg.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/09/bbc_tiscali_iplayer/
(BBC vs ISPs: Bandwidth row escalates as Tiscali wades in)
ISPs seem to be upset by the idea they should
: [backstage] BBC tells ISPs to get stuffed
Mr I Forrester wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/03/bbc_highfield_isp_threat/
The saga continues courtesy of the Reg.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/09/bbc_tiscali_iplayer/
(BBC vs ISPs: Bandwidth row escalates as Tiscali wades in)
ISPs seem
Andy,Great post.
It could be boiled down to one word: 'Phorm' (or Phormography as it should
be known).
ISPs want you to pay, then they want to sell you to the highest bidder, then
they want to cap you, then they want to shape your traffic.
But they don't want to tell you.
Don't let them Phorm you.
I am not a civil or public servant (at least not yet), which allows me
to make the false proposition, that I can tell Tiscali how to run their
business (the advice is free).
For example it turns out that Sky are already offering ADSL2+
with their max product 16Mb/s unlimited (still subject to
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