Interesting Stuff 2008-11-19
´óÏó´«Ã½ correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones has written this interesting piece about journalists using social networking to connect with their audience. Originally penned for Ariel, our internal newspaper, he wonders if journalists using services like (if you're a member, follow us )are on a bit of an ego trip and are in danger of wasting their time:
The 1,300 people in my Twitter community know a lot about technology but if I devote too much time to them, then I'm in danger of letting down millions of viewers and listeners who will never go near a social network. Then there's the fact that small pressure groups can hijack these networks - open source software groups are well-organised but should I listen to them more than Windows or Mac users?"
(left to right: Fi Glover, Rory Cellan-Jones, Dan Heaf & Iain Lee) Photo by .
Daniel Bennett lays into the argument with , his make-believe, pre-web journalist.
In the on Friday, '' from Kip Meek, chairman of the :
Imagine underlying demand for it is fantastically high, requiring BT and ISPs to invest heavily to maintain service levels. In this environment, Kangaroo would have benefited from next generation access but borne none of the risk."
In reply, a spokesman for Kangaroo said:
The creation of any on-demand content platform carries its own investment risks and the truth is great content is helping ISPs build their businesses."
Our blogger in residence, , has discussing his meeting with a person he's calling the "most important person at the ´óÏó´«Ã½ right now". That person is Matt McDonnell, and he's in charge of search.
Media coverage of brings all sorts challenges for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Online. Martin Belam of carrying out court orders online, particularly when dealing with pulled articles that, despite being removed by us, remain online via and similar.
Erik Huggers, director of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Future Media and Technology, has been busy once again setting out his vision for the ´óÏó´«Ã½ of the future. reports that to be the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s second biggest channel, second only to flagship channel . Erik's thoughts are backed up today by the .
Finally, is hosting no less than two Christmas parties this year. One for anyone around , and another for anyone around - both taking place on 13th December.
Dave Lee is co-editor, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Internet Blog.
Comment number 1.
At 20th Nov 2008, Mike K wrote:The popularity of iPlayer and ´óÏó´«Ã½ content is driving average UK internet usage up. I believe ISPs allocated 16-18Kbps per user connectivity to the internet at peak periods. Watching the growth of the iPlayer streaming service -circa 500Kbps per stream, that average has probably doubled with ISPs footing the bill in terms of more capacity, filling existing capacity or permitting user experiences to fall.
Although it is difficult to have pity for folk who promise, free for ever, unlimited, total and complete Broadband, there is a genuine issue to resolve, which is how we share the Digital Commons at peak periods. This is not fully addressed by fibre. Fibre provides faster access to the commons so is just one element.
As an avid user some of the issues are outlined here
There also a working solution available . The challenging question is whether ´óÏó´«Ã½'s demand for a quality user experience can be met by Broadband networks only capable of delivering a best endeavours solution. The broadband and internet engineers have done a great job, but they cannot assure the end user experience due to congestion at peak times. The problem is fixable but ISPs will need to describe the true nature of what they are selling (or sold) and the ´óÏó´«Ã½ needs to describe the end user experience it is attempting to create and expecting the ISPs to deliver.
It's great and and be better still.
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At 9th Sep 2009, felicioo wrote:Thank you.. sesli sohbet
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