http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/11/interesting_stuff_20081118.html en-gb 30 Fri 01 Jan 2010 23:05:14 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/11/interesting_stuff_20081118.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/11/interesting_stuff_20081118.html?page=10#comment1 Thank you.. http://www.gelsesli.com/ sesli sohbet Wed 09 Sep 2009 04:46:57 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/11/interesting_stuff_20081118.html?page=0#comment0 The popularity of iPlayer and BBC content is driving average UK internet usage up. I believe ISPs allocated 16-18Kbps per user connectivity to the internet at peak periods. Watching the growth of the iPlayer streaming service -circa 500Kbps per stream, that average has probably doubled with ISPs footing the bill in terms of more capacity, filling existing capacity or permitting user experiences to fall.Although it is difficult to have pity for folk who promise, free for ever, unlimited, total and complete Broadband, there is a genuine issue to resolve, which is how we share the Digital Commons at peak periods. This is not fully addressed by fibre. Fibre provides faster access to the commons so is just one element.As an avid user some of the issues are outlined here http://www.bbbritain.co.ukThere also a working solution available http://www.omlq.co.uk . The challenging question is whether BBC's demand for a quality user experience can be met by Broadband networks only capable of delivering a best endeavours solution. The broadband and internet engineers have done a great job, but they cannot assure the end user experience due to congestion at peak times. The problem is fixable but ISPs will need to describe the true nature of what they are selling (or sold) and the BBC needs to describe the end user experience it is attempting to create and expecting the ISPs to deliver.It's great and and be better still. Thu 20 Nov 2008 13:33:32 GMT+1