BBC To ISPs: Don't Traffic Shape Me, Bro

Courtesy Techdirt  Fri, 04/04/2008 - 11:49

While there have been some complaints from ISPs about how much bandwidth the BBC's iPlayer offering takes up, the BBC is being rather aggressive in responding. mike allen writes in to let us know that the BBC has announced that it will publicly "name and shame" any ISP that tries to traffic shape in a way that harms its iPlayer offering.

As the BBC's Ashley Highfield says: "Unlimited broadband should mean unlimited." He then goes on to suggest...

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