> Multicast isn't going to help the phoneco atm network. Indeed, people keep quoting that but it's a bogus argument as nothing will help the phoneco atm network running out of bandwidth other than upgrading it
That is happening, unicast/p2p/multicast/whatever, as all this content is raising average user bandwidth > But if you accept that the average user only watches 3-6 hours of HDTV per > day, you can spread the load out over 24 hours, the effects on available > bandwidth can be reduced. The TIVO model appears to have an advantage for > the viewer (a large archive to select from) and for the phoneco's and ISP's > at the customer end. When people have their [EMAIL PROTECTED] box that'll help for some cases. To say it's a universal fix is a bogus as saying multicast will fix all problems. brandon