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Morden · 23-04-2008, 19:25

As I said in my previous post on last page.

The problem is not just Virgins, all ISP's are experiencing or are worried about this in the future, due to VOD, IPTV/BBC I_Player and other such very heavy data traffic.

It only takes about 300 people to use I-Player in a city to jam it up for all other users as it is very heavy on the amount of pipes it uses. Other Video traffic have similar effects on any network, be it an ISP's or a Private company network. Hence why any IT staff, if they are any good at their job, in private networks block all ports that these operate on.

The cost to upgrade newtorks to hadle this web 2.0 content is enormous and runs into Billions of pounds for the UK as a whole. Hence why ISP's are looking at charging suppliers for their content to be allowed on their networks as one possible solution. Another may to charge the user to access this content.

23-04-2008, 19:25	#35
Morden Inactive Join Date: Mar 2007 Services: Cable, Freeview DVD recorder, telephone L, BB L, TV xl, V+ Posts: 150	Re: Cant Quite Grasp something As I said in my previous post on last page. The problem is not just Virgins, all ISP's are experiencing or are worried about this in the future, due to VOD, IPTV/BBC I_Player and other such very heavy data traffic. It only takes about 300 people to use I-Player in a city to jam it up for all other users as it is very heavy on the amount of pipes it uses. Other Video traffic have similar effects on any network, be it an ISP's or a Private company network. Hence why any IT staff, if they are any good at their job, in private networks block all ports that these operate on. The cost to upgrade newtorks to hadle this web 2.0 content is enormous and runs into Billions of pounds for the UK as a whole. Hence why ISP's are looking at charging suppliers for their content to be allowed on their networks as one possible solution. Another may to charge the user to access this content.