O2 only offer unlimited data with the iPhone though, but I can vaguely
remember seeing something in the T&Cs about not using the data plan
for streaming video.
Duncan
On 12 Oct 2008, at 23:24, "Ian Forrester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I'm sure someone from the iplayer team will answer at some point,
but I think the reasoning is because of your phone bill.
Streaming over 3g/hsdpa (even edge) is possible but if your paying
per meg, it can start to get expensive quickly and its hard to get a
feel for exactly how much your actually using.
I just got my phone bill through and I had used 1.4gig of mobile
data over the last month. Luckily I'm on Orange's £6 a month for 'un
limited' off peak data, so my total bill was nice and low.
You could imagine, if your not on the ball. It could cost you dearly
and of course the BBC don't want this.
Cheers
Ian Forrester
This e-mail is: [x] private; [] ask first; [] bloggable
Senior Producer, BBC Backstage
Room 1044, BBC Manchester BH, Oxford Road, M60 1SJ
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
work: +44 (0)2080083965
mob: +44 (0)7711913293
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
] On Behalf Of Jim Tonge
Sent: 12 October 2008 22:28
To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk
Subject: [backstage] iPhone iPlayer
Apologies if this isn't the right place to ask - I emailed the
iPlayer team through the website but got a stock "thanks for your
feedback"
response.
So, with that proviso: why are the iPhone iPlayer streams not
viewable over 3G?
3G has more than enough bandwidth to cope with the 512k streams, and
if I'm in WiFi coverage chances are I'll watch on a laptop.
-
Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe,
please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html
. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
-
Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe,
please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html
. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
-
Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please
visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html.
Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
