Orcon, Xtra and Attica, IHUG where talking/connecting via MBGP/msdp @ APE 6+
months ago in various forms so we could broadcast our Multicast Streams etc
to each other, but as there is/was no content it mostly went into
nothingness.
As no (as far as I know) Carriers can give a connection which include
Multicast Access, a Tunnel is needed to someplace overseas to connect to (If
anyone knows of a good place I can set up the tunnel please let me know, so
I can set one up).
Then you have to get it to the users,(The hard part). Customers would have
to run Tunnels to the ISP (as Telecom Jetstream/Jetstart/Dialup) network
can't(or won't) handle it at the moment., but to Frame/UNL etc customers its
pretty easy to do (As long as their routers are set up correctly to handle
Multicast)
Ok, now we have it all setup and working.. So what can we use it for? I
would of presumed Telecom's Jetvideo would use Multicast to send the Radio
Stations/TV to the users, but I presume they are using Unicast so we have
1000 streams to 1000 users instead of 1. Can anyone from Telecom comment on
JetVideo? I never got to talk to the Sales people at places they where
advertising it. (Ice Expo etc)
Thanks
Craig
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cameron Kerr"
Judging by the responses I recieved, I'm led to believe that no ISPs currently support multicast.
I'm forced then to consider the MBone. However there is very little in the way of instructions for connecting to the mbone (all the instructions say is to start mrouted). However, where does the other endpoint for the tunnel go? Is anyone here attached to the MBone? Are there any places you can connect to (preferably in NZ) for free?
I'm starting to think that IPv4 multicast will never come, instead, the first public offering of multicast capabilities to the general public will come with IPv6. Afterall, the corporate attitude is the same towards the two technologies is the same (No-one uses it, so we won't provide it). Is this a reasonable conclusion do you think?
Thanks for your answers. -- Cameron Kerr cameron.kerr(a)paradise.net.nz : http://nzgeeks.org/cameron/ Empowered by Perl! _______________________________________________ Nznog mailing list Nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog