From: Cameron Kerr [mailto:cameron.kerr(a)paradise.net.nz] Sent: Friday, 27 June 2003 12:23 To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: [nznog] Multicast status in New Zealand

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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?

My own opinion - and I must stress that it is just my opinion - is that this will be exactly Telecom's attitude. To change the answer you'd need to change the question. If you say "Look, to provide new service X which your customers will want, you need to enable IP multicasting", that's a different issue. But that would require the identification of service X. - Donald Neal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "This communication, including any attachments, is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not read it - please contact me immediately, destroy it, and do not copy or use any part of this communication or disclose anything about it. Thank you." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------