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# THIS JUST IN
the bbc iPlayer is SHIT
(, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 21:01, archived)
# the player is ok, downloading is shit
(, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 21:02, archived)
# streaming is even worse!
:-(
(, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 21:03, archived)
# i've never had a problem with it
the download thing dumps some sort of download manager type thing on you though, it's a bitch to get rid of

and as i've not caused any fitting i'm off to watch bruce parry in real time.
(, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 21:07, archived)
# never had a problem with the downloading
(, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 21:03, archived)
# Do you want to view this video in a slightly better quality version, at the expense of a few hours buffering?
(, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 21:03, archived)
# translation: -
we're going to rape your bandwith up the shitta
(, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 21:04, archived)
# *opens wide*
WOAH! IN THIS VERSION YOU CAN SEE THE BRAND OF FRANKIE BOYLES GLASSES!
(, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 21:05, archived)
# god no, don't do the higher quality
(, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 21:04, archived)
# Really? That usually works really well for me,
and I'm on a royally ancient connection.
(, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 21:23, archived)
# ^This^
but I live in the country and have no other people connected to my line.

Full 8Mb ahoy!
(, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 21:33, archived)
# contention ratio
( how many others are connected to the exchange ) does not determine how much bandwidth you will personally get but your distance from the actual exchange will do that. Contention ration will just mitigate the best possible connection you could get at 1:1. ( rural? could be lucky to get 3mb )
www.samknows.com/broadband/search.php
(, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 21:46, archived)
# i've never had a problem with it
Kontiki (or whatever it's called) has been causing problems on my pc recently, which has caused me right problems watching teachers on 4od
(, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 21:26, archived)