On 19/05/2011, at 6:01 AM, "Holmes,David A" <dhol...@mwdh2o.com> wrote:
> I think this shows the need for an Internet-wide multicast implementation. > 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 > > No matter where you go, there you are. [--anon?] or Those who don't understand history are doomed to repeat it. - [heavily paraphrased -- Santayana] jy >
