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The BBC iPlayer sucks.

Well I tried, I really did, but after struggling for 4 hours the BBC iPlayer was uninstalled (which took 30 minutes minimum). My thoughts then (without screen shots obviously) The iPlayer uses the same Kontiki P2P system that Sky Everywhere and 4 On Demand uses. The same components that everyone complains about as there’s no way to throttle bandwidth.Nor can I see anywhere the BBC warns you about this (Sky eventually started to). So if you’re on a limited ISP connection (of which there are many in the UK) you may quickly run out of your bandwidth allowance because...

posted @ Monday, August 06, 2007 9:57 AM | Feedback (10)