http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/04/will-abc-online-charge-taxpayers-to-download-question-time/ now with extra source Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:38:17 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/04/will-abc-online-charge-taxpayers-to-download-question-time/#comment-24064 Nathan Jones Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-24064 It's an interesting perspective. And yes, it would be good to have unmetered content raised as a consideration. But to me, this highlights the bigger issue: tiny download quotas. Yes, broadband speeds are not up to scratch, but neither is Australia's international capacity. Until we see another deep-sea cable, we might be stuck with pricing schemes that preclude us from the future of media streaming and downloading. It’s an interesting perspective. And yes, it would be good to have unmetered content raised as a consideration. But to me, this highlights the bigger issue: tiny download quotas. Yes, broadband speeds are not up to scratch, but neither is Australia’s international capacity. Until we see another deep-sea cable, we might be stuck with pricing schemes that preclude us from the future of media streaming and downloading.

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/04/will-abc-online-charge-taxpayers-to-download-question-time/#comment-24065 stevo the working twistie Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-24065 BigPond does have an unmetered ABC news feed, but it is just the "wire service" - no multimedia. Interestingly, BigPond pay the ABC for this service, so Telstra and by extension it's customers are actually putting something back into Auntie. Tanks fer nothin', iinet! BigPond does have an unmetered ABC news feed, but it is just the “wire service” - no multimedia. Interestingly, BigPond pay the ABC for this service, so Telstra and by extension it’s customers are actually putting something back into Auntie. Tanks fer nothin’, iinet!

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