Not all networks have unlimited nor easily upgraded access networks. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Baldur Norddahl" <baldur.norddahl@gmail.com> To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 4:11:21 AM Subject: Re: Broadcast television in an IP world Den 21. nov. 2017 00.42 skrev "Luke Guillory" <lguillory@reservetele.com>: Why would an ISP not want to conserve edge resources? If I’m doing iptv I’m better off doing multicast which would conserve loads of BW for something popular like the Super Bowl. Especially if I’m doing this over docsis. You pay for 95th percentile. If that is decided by everyone watching Game of Thrones one day, then using the same resources for Super Bowl the next day will be for free.