[IP] Re: BBC iPlayer risks overloading the internet

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: David P. Reed [dpreed@reed.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:27 PM
To: Randall Webmail
Cc: David Farber
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:     BBC iPlayer risks overloading the internet

I should clarify that the CEO I was referring to as whining was the CEO
of the UK ISP, not Brett.  I guess Brett is a CEO, but I think of him as
a small business owner, and his lack of market power certainly makes his
pricing issues much tougher.

Randall Webmail wrote:
> Brett has no competitors, in most of his market footprint - he
> provides wireless broadband in Wyoming, where, for most of his
> customers, the CO is too far for DSL and "Cable" is found on oil derricks.
>
> He's just whining because he signed people up, promising them
> "Unlimited Internet Access", and they took him at his word.
>

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