Re: BT throttling total bandwidth & not specific apps in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22482486 en Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:33:04 EDT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:33:04 EDT Re: BT throttling total bandwidth & not specific apps http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22491651 Ignite :
said by OverModded See Profile :

BT:
"But in a statement BT said it was not capping speeds down to 700kbps on iPlayer.

The firm said: "Where we manage bandwidth, we do so in order to optimise the experience for all customers, whatever they want to do online."
While it won't make users feel any better, BT denies they are throttling YouTube or the BBC's iPlayer, but are slowing down bandwidth speeds across the board during prime hours due to limited infrastructure.

Sounds like the BBC is trying to bring in a net neutrality boogeyman to put pressure on BT, even though that appears to be a bogus charge.
No it says specifically on the BT website that they shape streaming media to 896kbps.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22491651 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:55:56 EDT Re: BT throttling total bandwidth & not specific apps http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22482486 powerhog :
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BT has said its speed limit is explained on its website, on a page describing its Total Broadband Fair Usage policy.

The clause in question says: "We do limit the speed of all video streaming to 896Kbps on our Option 1 product, during peak times only."

You must have missed this quote where they state that they ARE capping iPlayer and all other video streams.

No, they are not capping at 700kbps... they are capping at 896kbbps.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22482486 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:07:02 EDT BT throttling total bandwidth & not specific apps http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22481970 OverModded : BT:
"But in a statement BT said it was not capping speeds down to 700kbps on iPlayer.

The firm said: "Where we manage bandwidth, we do so in order to optimise the experience for all customers, whatever they want to do online."
While it won't make users feel any better, BT denies they are throttling YouTube or the BBC's iPlayer, but are slowing down bandwidth speeds across the board during prime hours due to limited infrastructure.

Sounds like the BBC is trying to bring in a net neutrality boogeyman to put pressure on BT, even though that appears to be a bogus charge.
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