Comments on: BBC piles the pressure on ISPs with internet TV http://www.trefor.net/2009/12/21/bbc-piles-the-pressure-on-isps-with-internet-tv/ Insider comments from the world of communications Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:50:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lindsey Annison http://www.trefor.net/2009/12/21/bbc-piles-the-pressure-on-isps-with-internet-tv/comment-page-1/#comment-1779 Lindsey Annison Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:14:20 +0000 http://staging.trefor.net/?p=1950#comment-1779 Ah, but does it really need to be PAYG or is that just continuing the scarcity model to the extreme? Bandwidth is not scarce, and will become abundant as the telcos realise they can make far more profit by encouraging the provision of services such as these rather than throttling them so they won't work. I spent nearly an hour last night watching a 1m16s video (of the weather in the US) buffer. I have still only seen 5 secs of it in 1 sec bursts. Telcos should focus on becoming dumb fat pipes and bringing bandwidth to the consumer, instead of making ever more complex business offerings to try to fill their coffers, and failing to deliver on them. Same old argument, I know, but until we have infrastructure capable of even the most basic services, these pipe dreams of the BBC et al are missing any 'legs'. (How mixed is that metaphor?! LOL) Ah, but does it really need to be PAYG or is that just continuing the scarcity model to the extreme? Bandwidth is not scarce, and will become abundant as the telcos realise they can make far more profit by encouraging the provision of services such as these rather than throttling them so they won’t work.

I spent nearly an hour last night watching a 1m16s video (of the weather in the US) buffer. I have still only seen 5 secs of it in 1 sec bursts. Telcos should focus on becoming dumb fat pipes and bringing bandwidth to the consumer, instead of making ever more complex business offerings to try to fill their coffers, and failing to deliver on them.

Same old argument, I know, but until we have infrastructure capable of even the most basic services, these pipe dreams of the BBC et al are missing any ‘legs’. (How mixed is that metaphor?! LOL)

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