Eyebrows were raised this week when the BBC’s iPlayer suddenly lurched towards confrontation. Just two weeks after the video-on-demand software became publicly available, internet service providers were going on the offensive – claiming that they could be forced to throttle such services in order to save bandwidth.
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uk: Bandwidth threat as on-demand TV grows
Eyebrows were raised this week when the BBC’s iPlayer suddenly lurched towards confrontation. Just two weeks after the video-on-demand software became publicly available, internet service providers were going on the offensive – claiming that they could be forced to throttle such services in order to save bandwidth.