British Internet service providers are concerned with the BBC's plans to allow viewers to freely download recent broadcasts and view them within 30 days, arguing that "catch-up" TV will eat up bandwidth if enough viewers take advantage of it.
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It's not clear from this side of the Pond how British ISPs operate, but threats to limit access or "
They call it "packet shaping," though, which is en route to be one of the hottest topics in the realm. In the States, ISPs argue in favor of packet shaping by saying there is a limited amount of bandwidth, a point others dispute as bandwidth increases exponentially and becomes cheaper by the day.
But also, like the British ISPs appear to be doing, they insinuate that online providers and subscribers are not already paying healthy bandwidth premiums – up to
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'Catch-up' Packet Takes Shape, ISPs Fire Shots
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