On May 18, 2011, at 1:01 PM, Holmes,David A wrote: > I think this shows the need for an Internet-wide multicast implementation.
there's a pretty longtailed distribution on what people might chose to stream. static content is ameniable to distribution via cdn (which is frankly a degenerate form of multicast), but lets face it, how many people watched "Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog" in east palo alto last night at 10pm. > Although I can recall working on a product that delivered satellite multicast > streams (with each multicast group corresponding to individual TV stations) > to telco CO's. This enabled the telco to implement multicast at the edge of > their networks, where user broadband clients would issue multicast joins only > as far as the CO. If I recall this was implemented with the old Cincinnati > Bell telco. I admit there are a lot of CO's and cable head-ends though for > this solution to scale. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Holstein [mailto:michael.holst...@csuohio.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 12:46 PM > To: Roy > Cc: nanog > Subject: Re: Netflix Is Eating Up More Of North America's Bandwidth Than Any > Other Company > > >> http://e.businessinsider.com/public/184962 >> > > Somebody should invent a a way to stream groups of shows simultaneously > and just arrange for people to watch the desired stream at a particular > time. Heck, maybe even do it wireless. > > problem solved, right? > > Cheers, > > Michael Holstein > Cleveland State University > > > > This communication, together with any attachments or embedded links, is for > the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is > confidential or legally protected. If you are not the intended recipient, you > are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying, dissemination, > distribution or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by > return e-mail message and delete the original and all copies of the > communication, along with any attachments or embedded links, from your system. > >
