9 Jul
2002
9 Jul
'02
9:49 a.m.
Niels Bakker wrote:
It would also be nice if operators with end users started offering native multicast. Although the AMS-IX multicast initiative started off with lots of enthusiasm, two years later it seems to have died almost completely.
* pete@he.iki.fi (Petri Helenius) [Tue 09 Jul 2002, 15:27 CEST]:
Most multicast projects go this way. The reason usually being one or more of; A) ISP's want to charge extra for multicast B) No content is being served over multicast C) Firewalls do not pass multicast (usually non-issue on home users)
Indeed. I'm personally most amazed that B) companies like shoutcast.com (who must be spending fortunes on bandwidth for all their streams) aren't pushing multicast more. Cheers, -- Niels.