Here at Lifehacker we're big fans of the ABC's iView on demand service, but as we noted when it launched, it can quickly chew through your download cap unless you're an iiNet customer and get unmetered access. Three months after it first rolled out, Andrew Colley at Australian IT reports there's still no signs of anyone joining iiNet on the ABC-for-all bandwagon, and the ABC itself believes that the download issue is a factor in how successful the service can ultimately be. Would a download-free experience make you a keener user of iView? Stream your thoughts in the comments.

The ABC's excellent iView service is clearly filling a need for Australians keen to access TV on their own schedule. In the first 24 hours following its launch, the service attracted 58,000 visitors, who downloaded 2.3 terabytes of content. Mind you, that amounts to just under 50MB each, which suggests that lots of people aren't doing much more than testing the service. But it's still a great start.