[jevinskie]

For the price of a fast food lunch I decided to try it out. I appreciate the many supported protocols. The L2TP w/ IPSec VPN works just fine in OS X. The streaming quality was quite good and the online offerings from the BBC puts NBC's broadcasts to shame! I couldn't find a commercial either... is that really the case and I'm just a shellshocked American who hasn't seen the BBC in the UK before?

[GlenAnderson]

That's the case - no adverts any of the bbc's television channels or radio stations in the UK. Most broadcasts are available on iPlayer too, always without adverts.

[k-mcgrady]

No commercials. The BBC is funded by UK taxpayers through a license fee (about £12 per month).

[egwor]

So it basically means that everyone doing this is breaching various licensing agreements

[jevinskie]

Yes, I would love to be able to pay the BBC some amount to watch their iPlayer broadcasts of the Olympics but I'm sure NBC would never let that happen.