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[ NNSquad ] BT speculates that they may block Internet video, and more
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From: David Farber <dave@farber.net>
To: "ip" <ip@v2.listbox.com>
Subject: [IP] British Telecom says bandwidth costs unsustainable. True?
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:11:20 -0400
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From: Dave Burstein <daveb@dslprime.com>
Date: September 23, 2008 9:33:28 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: British Telecom says bandwidth costs unsustainable. True?
Dave
Sally Davis at BT just gave a speech (below) saying BT might have to
block the iPlayer and other Internet video because their bandwidth
costs are unsustainable. Other carriers, like Verizon, say they have
no problem handling the video load, nor expect to have a problem. So
I'm sending her comments over to see if anyone can provide evidence on
why BT's experience is different or that Davis' comments are unproven
hyperbole. It's especially surprising to hear BT's 21st Century
Network, (superbly designed by superb engineers) is inadequate. Key
competitor Sky just pulled off all limits on their $20 broadband
service, saying,"it had invested in creating 'a high-capacity network
that is designed to carry huge amounts of traffic without congestion'?
without traffic shaping. I've written BT to doublecheck the reporter
got it right, but the quotes are pretty clear.
So am I missing something unique to the UK, or are Ms. Davis'
comments unfounded? Facts welcome.
Wholesale giants say Internet will no longer be free
... the answer could be to restrict "free" access to services like the
BBC's iPlayer that allows users to stream BBC TV content over the
Internet ... "One thing keeps me awake at night. In the immortal words
of Jerry McGuire 'show me the money!'," said Sally Davis, CEO of BT
Wholesale. ... Today there are a number of unsustainable business
models out there, and these need to change, Davis insisted.
... the ISPs are saying "I can't keep increasing the bandwidth for no
more money," Davis said, a situation that will ultimately lead to ISPs
adopting traffic shaping measures and the like to keep control of
bandwidth usage on their networks. ...
"We're going to have some very grumpy people," namely the content
owners and end-users, said Davis.
As such, "we have to find new ways around it? Content distribution
models will play a role in that," Davis said. "We will see those
business models emerge," but more work needs to be done, she cautioned.
... "In the next three years? we will see some different models
emerge," said Davis, a prediction that was greeted with some
scepticism from others in the auditorium.
There won't be just one model, "there will be room for many models,"
agreed Kathryn Morrissey, EVP at AT&T Wholesale.
"Somebody at some point is going to have to pay for [this network
usage]," she said.
http://www.totaltele.com/View.aspx?ID=102600&t=2&en=1
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