[38798] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Multicast Traffic on Backbones
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas R. Charron)
Thu Jun 14 23:45:27 2001
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From: "Thomas R. Charron" <tomc@koreawisenut.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 11:27:35 +0900
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>Essentially every major network operator has one network engineer
>who can set up multicast for customers. The problem is very few
>networks have figured out how to turn multicast into a commercial
>product. So if you don't find that one engineer, you are out of
>luck.
>Unicast streaming may be less efficient, but most providers can figure
>out how to charge for it and make it a supported product. Unfortunately
>some folks have confused multimedia with multicast. While I've seen
>many multimedia multicast applications, I haven't seen one which can't
>have its essential elements replicated by unicast streams. Is there
>a killer-ap for multicast?
A South Korean company has developed an app that sets up multicast on a
network automatically. No router config required. It does it with a small
active-x that installs on a user's machine and gives a server on the ntwk
all the info it needs to route the multicast stream. Pretty cool stuff.
I'd call it a killer-ap for multicasting.
Tom
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"=B1=BC=B8=B2=C3=BC">>Essentially every =
major network operator has one network engineer<BR>
>who can set up multicast for customers. The problem is very =
few<BR>
>networks have figured out how to turn multicast into a =
commercial<BR>
>product. So if you don't find that one engineer, you are out of<BR>
>luck.<BR>
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>Unicast streaming may be less efficient, but most providers can =
figure<BR>
>out how to charge for it and make it a supported product. =
Unfortunately<BR>
>some folks have confused multimedia with multicast. While =
I've seen<BR>
>many multimedia multicast applications, I haven't seen one which =
can't<BR>
>have its essential elements replicated by unicast streams. Is =
there<BR>
>a killer-ap for multicast?<BR>
</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">A South Korean company has developed =
an app that sets up multicast on a network automatically. No =
router config required. It does it with a small active-x that =
installs on a user's machine and gives a server on the ntwk all the =
info it needs to route the multicast stream. Pretty cool =
stuff. I'd call it a killer-ap for multicasting.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Tom</FONT>
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