Sky makes VOD subscribers pay for bandwidth
TheEngineer
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http://www.connectedtv.eu/sky-makes-vod-subscribers-pay-for-bandwidth-325/
BSkyB has announced that any extra bandwidth incurred by usage of its new Anytime+ VOD offer will count towards subscribers’ monthly download allowance.
Anytime+ is currently being rolled out as an optional upgrade to owners of Sky HD boxes who also take Sky’s broadband service (Sky has 3.2m HD customers, and a total of 2.8m broadband subscriptions). The VOD service allows subscribers free access in on-demand mode to some of the content they are entitled to under their current subscription package.
However, for users on Sky Broadband’s cheaper package, the download of around three 30-minute standard definition programmes a month would already reach the maximum 2GB usage allowance, creating the incentive for users to upgrade to Sky’s uncapped package.
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As they've only a 2GB monthly usage allowance and the average film is roughly 1.1gb it's hardly surprising they're going down this route.
It's upto people whether they want to use the service and upgrade their broadband from lite.
Personally going back to Sky BB would be a massive downgrade so I won't be benefitting from Anytime+
I really hope people start looking to Virgin Media as an alternative provider now! they're actually VERY good at what they do, Sky seem to have a thing against IPTV completely as it kills their business model
well i use sky's player both at home and at work, can virign offer the same?
Yes, if your workplace has a virgin connection.
that would be a no then
Shouldn't you be you know working at work rather than sat watching stuff on sky player?
Well said. If the workplace in question eventually needs to make cuts then the person watching Sky Player would be the first to go over someone doing some actual work. Easy choice if they need to pick someone to lay off.
Especially if that person is incurring additional expense to the company for all the bandwidth they're hogging :eek:
well seen as i'm the head of the department i'll sack myself!
Go for Sky's top broadband package it's one of the best out with Virgin Media's fibre optic network.
Being head of dept and being fully in charge are 2 doifferent things though, your company must have a very liberal email and internet usage policy....
I hope though that you would extend the right to use SkyPlayer to any of your workers also if they had the resources of a PC to use
Presumably your IT department dont monitor inappropriate computer use then? Many do and routinely report to high end managers on sites visited etc
How much are you paying Virgin for broadband?
The package in question- "Broadband Everyday Lite"- is limited to 2GB per month and priced accordingly (£5 per month, or "free" with Sky Talk). Its marketing- "great for daily browsing & online shopping" reflects its limitations.
Providing free bandwidth for Anytime+ would render the price of the package unsustainable, in my view.
seen as i'm the head of the IT department i do report it to myself.
You watch sky player at work!:eek: if i had sky player on at work a disiplinary would surely follow.;)
That way their ISA servers dont run at 100% all the time, allowing normal business practices..
and I would have thought 99% of companies, but looks like he sees himself as above the rest, hope he was nice to the staff on the way up......:)
Only the favoured few that can actually get it! plus with Virgin if you sub to the basic BB (non LLU) that most of the country has, they will sting you an extra fiver ion top for good measure
Virgin Media's cable services are actually available to over half the households in the UK (53%, IIRC).