"cookie could be used but might be deleted" as part of the mobiles "pay for it" service, some of the networks can provide you with a persistent unique id, thats not the mobile phone number. http://www.payforituk.com/
documented on page 33 here... http://www.short-codes.com/payforit/docs/Trusted%20Mobile%20Payment%20Framework%20-%20version%202.0.pdf.zip Paul BBC, FM&T Journalism. 2008/10/13 Matt Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > It could be difficult for the BBC to keep a reliable counter without knowing > your phone number or something like that, a cookie could be used but might > be deleted. Nice idea though, it's important to keep the user informed. > All you can eat data plans really are a must for all but very light users, I > don't believe some of the prices that networks charge per meg. It's insane. > > ./Matt > > > Alan Pope wrote: > > Given the BBC knows the file sizes of each programme someone > downloads, surely it would be trivial for the iplayer people to have a > running counter of how much data a visitor has transferred. > > Then the user could make an informed decision on whether to watch more > telly or wait until next month, rather than having the BBC make the > decision for them? > > Cheers, > Al. > > 2008/10/12 Ian Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > 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 'unlimited' 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 > > > - > 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/
