Posts Tagged ‘iPlayer’

UPDATE: Vaizey dishes another painful blow to net neutrality

{ Posted on Nov 19 2010 by Neil Watson }
This week the Minister for Communications, Ed Vaizey, backed Ofcom’s decision to step away from regulating net neutrality and leave the market to regulate itself. Ofcom recently argued that the UK’s ISP market is considered effectively competitive and does not present ...Read More »

Poll: Should Ofcom enforce net neutrality?

{ Posted on Oct 27 2010 by Claire Dutton }
It has been recently reported that net neutrality suffered a further blow when Ofcom announced its decision not to step in as regulator after receiving responses to its traffic management and net neutrality consultation. We would like to know what ...Read More »

Update: Net neutrality – is Ofcom too timid?

{ Posted on Oct 12 2010 by Neil Watson }
It seems net neutrality, the principle of treating all Internet traffic equally in order to provide a fair and equal service for all users, suffered a further blow when Ofcom announced its decision not to step in as regulator after ...Read More »

Broadband: BBC license fee killer?

{ Posted on Aug 18 2010 by Elsa Chen }
Earlier this month a discussion broke out in the industry in response to the publication of a report by David Graham from the Adam Smith Institute. Mr Graham’s report suggests universal broadband will lead to the abolishment of the BBC’s ...Read More »

ISPs vs BBC iPlayer – Missing the point?

{ Posted on Jun 25 2009 by Neil Watson }
The last month has seen substantial media coverage of the latest row that has erupted between BT Retail and a number of content providers including the BBC. However, we think a fundamental issue is being missed. Instead of BT Retail ...Read More »