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cook1984 · 22-04-2009, 21:29

BBC iPlayer is now available in HD. Even for non-HD programs, the quality has been improved to rival that of Freeview.

A 1 hour standard definition program is now 600MB. Anyone on 2MB will be throttled with STM and prevented from watching the whole show. Increase that to 2 hours viewing and anyone on 10 meg will have their connection decimated to unwatchable speeds.

It's even worse for HD programs. Users on M/L (2 meg or 10 meg) can't even watch a single 1 hour program. Users on XL can watch for about 1:40 before being cut off.

Hopefully people will start complaining en masse when they realise what is happening. Until then, thanks to Virgin and other ISPs, broadband growth in the UK will be severely retarded.

This also debunks the "5% of users" myth - iPlayer is used by far more than 5% of the user base.

22-04-2009, 21:29	#1
cook1984 Inactive Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 556	BBC iPlayer goes HD, time to drop STM BBC iPlayer is now available in HD. Even for non-HD programs, the quality has been improved to rival that of Freeview. A 1 hour standard definition program is now 600MB. Anyone on 2MB will be throttled with STM and prevented from watching the whole show. Increase that to 2 hours viewing and anyone on 10 meg will have their connection decimated to unwatchable speeds. It's even worse for HD programs. Users on M/L (2 meg or 10 meg) can't even watch a single 1 hour program. Users on XL can watch for about 1:40 before being cut off. Hopefully people will start complaining en masse when they realise what is happening. Until then, thanks to Virgin and other ISPs, broadband growth in the UK will be severely retarded. This also debunks the "5% of users" myth - iPlayer is used by far more than 5% of the user base.