"..I remember at uniforum it was mentioned that the hold up on multicast in NZ (read: Telecom ADSL and the like), was that it was hard to charge for.." This the thing that I find hard to understand. Multicast to me seems like a cost reduction strategy rather than a revenue improvement one.....Does no one want to reduce costs? Or is the easier path to profit through increased revenue.... sigh. jamie

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Nathan Ward 06/27 12:45 PM >>> On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 12:22:49 +1200, Cameron Kerr wrote:

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.

DISCLAIMER: This email is what I recall, it may be completely incorrect "The mbone is dead" - Greg Shepherd, Uniforum 2002. The mbone was a test network. What is left of it now is more of an informal thing. Lots of people use multicast internally. I remember at uniforum it was mentioned that the hold up on multicast in NZ (read: Telecom ADSL and the like), was that it was hard to charge for. -- Nathan Ward Esphion Ltd. _______________________________________________ Nznog mailing list Nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog