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Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Kristoff)
Tue Jan 9 14:17:31 2007

Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 13:13:40 -0600
From: John Kristoff <jtk@ultradns.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <FA5ECFFA-75DA-4305-8674-21BBA870FC0F@multicasttech.com>
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On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 13:21:38 -0500
Marshall Eubanks <tme@multicasttech.com> wrote:

> > You are correct. Today, IP multicast is limited to a few small  
> > closed networks. If we ever migrate to IPv6, this would instantly  
> > change.
> 
> I am curious. Why do you think that ?

I could have said the same thing, but with an opposite end meaning.
You take one 10+ year technology with minimal deployment and put it
on top of another 10+ year technology also far from being widely
deployed and you end up with something quickly approaching zero
deployment, instantly.  :-)

John

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