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Ofcom: BBC Corperation shouldn’t be forced to fund bandwidth
Ofcom: BBC Corperation shouldn’t be forced to fund bandwidth
The BBC should not be forced to help pay for the creation of next-generation superfast broadband networks the Ofcom chief executive, Ed Richards, told MPs.
Internet service providers (ISPs) have seen traffic leap dramatically since the BBC iPlayer was launched, leading to problems with capacity which prompted Tiscali to suggest the BBC should help pay to upgrade the UK's broadband networks. In evidence to a joint session of the Commons Culture, Media & Sport and Business and Enterprise committees, Richards said getting content providers such as the BBC to pay was one way network upgrades may happen. However, he added: "[But] it is not necessarily the only way it can happen and it is not necessarily the way we would anticipate it will happen. I am not convinced myself that the right answer to that is to get the BBC to pay for the iPlayer," he said. He said it was more sensible for the investment burden to be shouldered by network operators and consumers, with prices likely to rise for faster connections.
He added he would not rule out "content-led tariff models" – where ISPs do deals with content providers so their services run more smoothly over their networks
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