----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rubens Kuhl" <rube...@gmail.com>
> >> Isn't the real problem with global multicast: "How do we ultimately > >> bill the broadcaster for all that traffic amplification that > >> happened > >> *inside* every other AS?" It seems like you'd have to do per-packet > >> accounting at every router, and coordinate billing/reporting > >> amongst > >> all providers that saw those packets. > > Broadcast encrypted streams. Unicast the key distribution, allowing > interested parties to count, bill, block, allow, litigate, agree... And that's the snap answer, yes. But the *load*, while admittedly lessened over unicast, falls *mostly* to the carriers, who cannot anymore bill for it, either to end users, providers, *or* as transit. Will they not complain about having their equipment utilization go up with no recompense -- for something that is only of benefit to commercial customers of some other entity? You're effectively pushing the CDN into the backbone, here; no? Cheers, -- jra
