Download limits and IP TV

With upcoming IP TV services like YouView supposedly rolling out next year, how are broadband packages going to accomodate the increased download traffic given that most ISPs have imposed monthly download limits.

I have my home networked up and I'm keen on an IP-based service like YouView but I'm not sure if I'll be able to stay with an ISP like PlusNet if the maximum monthly download is 60GB with an extra 5GB charged at a fiver a pop.

I'm just thinking ahead, I wonder if PlusNet have done so....

go with bethere no download limites

In reply to a post by phionexex:

go with bethere no download limites

I don't live in a BeThere area

A local cache would be the cheapest option. And peering would be a given also.

In reply to a post by krazykizza:

A local cache would be the cheapest option. And peering would be a given also.

Could you expand on that?

http://community.plus.net/blog/2008/02/28/how-uk-isp...

Exchange caches and better peering aren't cost effective; the cost of buying and powering a cache eclipses the additional cost of bandwidth, and peering wouldn't really save much dollar either. The only way I could see that sort of thing working would be if a semi-clone of Sky Anytime appeared with a HDD-equipped set top box downloading its little heart out overnight... but of course using about 10-15w of power (thus costing the punter £15-20 a year in power, give or take).

...for live TV however, you're scuppered.

So it looks like that with most ISPs with usage caps, IP TV will be a non-starter

On the low usage cap packages, yes non-starter, the hint there is if you want IP TV upgrade to their better allowance packages

Alternatively BT Vision uses their own network and doesn't eat into any usage allowance.

It can be done, but I guess it depends on the size of the provider that you use for your network.

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

On the low usage cap packages, yes non-starter, the hint there is if you want IP TV upgrade to their better allowance packages

I'm currently at the highest allowance for PlusNet so may have to consider moving from PN

Net Neutrality may result in exclusion from usage allowances not being allowed for traffic like that, its a possibility, since not all traffic is being treated equally.

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Net Neutrality may result in exclusion from usage allowances not being allowed for traffic like that, its a possibility, since not all traffic is being treated equally.

But if the BT vision traffic travels over the private BT network rather than the Internet then it shouldn't come into the net neutrality debate (it isn't on the 'net!). Any other ISPs that deliver content within the network without touching the net also should not be affected.