Multicast network look different from the Internet. One would have to change. On top of that any packet loss is a show stopper. It has no facility for retransmission. For live streaming video, you mask the loss and keep on chugging just
On 11/17/17 7:26 PM, Kevin Burke wrote: like you do with VoIP. The same thing happens with OTA with signal fading or a burst of RF noise or interference. The OTA broadcast transmitter doesn't retransmit when one or more receivers lose data. If the endgame is to replace OTA live TV with a packet based solution, IMHO there's a place for multicast. It's basically the same model as OTA, one transmitter and many receivers. -- Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Engineering - jay@impulse.net Impulse Internet Service - http://www.impulse.net/ Your local telephone and internet company - 805 884-6323 - WB6RDV