Re: [backstage] BT denies pressurising the BBC over iPlayer

2007-08-15 Thread Gordon Joly
At 08:59 +0100 14/8/07, Brian Butterworth wrote: If these Internet Service Providers don't want to provide Internet access that makes them another Great British oxymoron, surely? And they don't seem to want multicast either? Gordo -- Think Feynman/ http://pobox.com/~gordo/ [EMAIL

Re: [backstage] BT denies pressurising the BBC over iPlayer

2007-08-14 Thread Brian Butterworth
From: Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk 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

Re: [backstage] BT denies pressurising the BBC over iPlayer

2007-08-14 Thread Jonathan Tweed
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:59:53 +0100, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

Re: [backstage] BT denies pressurising the BBC over iPlayer

2007-08-14 Thread Brian Butterworth
On 14/08/07, Jonathan Tweed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:59:53 +0100, Brian Butterworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

[backstage] BT denies pressurising the BBC over iPlayer

2007-08-13 Thread Glyn Wintle
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

Re: [backstage] BT denies pressurising the BBC over iPlayer

2007-08-13 Thread Brian Butterworth
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]

Re: [backstage] BT denies pressurising the BBC over iPlayer

2007-08-13 Thread Glyn Wintle
: [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