BBC iPlayer is threatening the ISPs bandwidth? Who cares!
BBC is ready to launch its new internet TV on demand: iPlayer. Who Cares?
Various UK internet providers fear this: they feel that there will be not enough bandwidth. Who Cares?
I mean, we are on the verge of what? Do you call it technological advancement? I think that Henry Ford told something like “There is real innovation only when a new technology is for everyone“. iPlayer is NOT for everyone, because it is limited to the Microsoft world. This is the first step towards the “BBC: I do not Care!” . Despite being a Mac user (and supporter) I would not have changed my opinion if the iPlayer would have been limited to OSX or Linux. What if BBC would say: from tomorrow the broadcasting will be limited to the LG televisions? In that case we would see a revolution, but we are talking about IT, and who cares? I do not, BBC.
On the other hand the internet providers are crying because they fear that the iPlayer will kill their bandwidth. Starting from the point that buying a DSL connection is like buying a bottle with the note “up to 1 lt“, I did not expect them to be less than that. I am paying to receive 24MB at home, but you know… I’m far from the exchange… the line is quite noisy in my area… the cables are old… the result is that I get less than 3 MB! I have bought a bottle thinking to drink a liter and I realized that after a sip of one tent of liter the bottle was empty. Does the ISPs fear the lack of bandwidth? I do not Care! The infrastructure is old, it is not ready for the next technological jump, but their lack of investment is one of the reasons.
Where is the WiMax? Will we be able to use it or will it end like the 3G, where the prices for the licenses were so high, that all the costs were set on the customers? The 3G has not been an innovation, because it was NOT for everyone, and after all these years I should pay 3£ per 1MB. Ridiculous!
iPlayer and ISP is another news that I will soon forgot, first of all because it is played by two players I do not respect any longer. On a side note it is my personal opinion that entities like BBC should care a little more about the availability of the technology they use.
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