Re: Multicast on the Internet - what is the status [7:9655]

At 09:29 PM 6/23/01, nrf wrote: hello gang: I hope some experts like Howard Berkowitz can respond: question - what is the status of multicasting on the Internet today? Both technically, and non-technically? I understand that the first iteration involved some version of PIM (probably

Re: Multicast on the Internet - what is the status [7:9655]

hello gang: I hope some experts like Howard Berkowitz can respond: question - what is the status of multicasting on the Internet today? Both technically, and non-technically? Well, my area of specialization is unicast. I don't routinely read the multicast routing lists, but my general

Re: Multicast on the Internet - what is the status [7:9655]

Howard C. Berkowitz wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... One of the things that I personally find flawed in using multicast in distributing video to end users is that the channels are synchronized in time -- in other words, a given program starts at a given time, and

Re: Multicast on the Internet - what is the status [7:9655]

Michael Williams observed, I was discussing this the other day at work. Where I work, many of use listen to streaming audio on our PCs, and when I asked someone to turn up a song they said, Pull it up on yours. I tried to explain that if I did, our two versions would not be synchronized and it

Re: Multicast on the Internet - what is the status [7:9655]

Howard C. Berkowitz wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... You are touching on another subject, like MPLS control vs. forwarding, that the marketdroids tend to get confused. Multimedia does not require multicast, even though they often get lumped together. You are

Multicast on the Internet - what is the status [7:9655]

hello gang: I hope some experts like Howard Berkowitz can respond: question - what is the status of multicasting on the Internet today? Both technically, and non-technically? I understand that the first iteration involved some version of PIM (probably sparse-dense) in an internal network,

Re: Multicast on the Internet - what is the status [7:9655]

Actually, I think you've already partially answered your own question. Recently, I moved to a new location and didn't bother getting any television hook up (obviously being either cable or dish). While I feel the jones once in a while to watch TV, it doesn't bother me much. Back to the original