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[Greg Shepherd <>]

I forward you message to Greg Wood. Do you have contacts for highway1 and
ncsa?

Thanks,
Greg

On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Brent Sweeny wrote:

> i see PIM neighbors from abilene at UMD (college park), highway1, ncsa
> access, geo mason (but no MSDP with geo mason, so you can't use them...).   
> highway1 and ncsa are downtown DC, so pretty convenient.  hope that helps,
>       Brent
> 
> On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 02:28:31PM -0700, Greg Shepherd wrote:
> > 
> > ALL,
> > 
> > Looking for an I2 connected, multicast enabled campus in the DC Metro
> > area. 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Greg
> > 
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 17:22:31 -0400
> > From: Greg Wood 
> > <>
> > To: 
> > 
> > Cc: Greg Shepherd 
> > <>,
> >  
> > ,
> >      Guy Almes 
> > <>,
> >  Kevin C. Almeroth 
> > <>
> > Subject: RE: FW: Multicast News Item
> > 
> > Lucy,
> > Just left you a voicemail about some press interest in the netcast. I'd 
> > like
> > to set something up for a few folks in town so they can view it. do you 
> > have
> > a pointer to anyone in the DC metro area (Univ. MD, Georgetown, Geo. Wash
> > Univ, George Mason) who might have viewable on their campus?
> > 
> > Also, have distributed on the newswires, including university newswire?  
> > I'm
> > sure this would be of huge interest to them and I'd be happy to provide 
> > help
> > get the word out about this.
> > 
> > Give me a shout whenever you get this message--I'd love to help get the 
> > word
> > out about this--703-625-3917.  I will be on  a plane from 8:30 pm to 10:30
> > pm ET (5:30-7:30 PT) today, but please feel free to call me up til 
> > midnight
> > ET (9pm ET) about this.
> > 
> > -Greg
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Greg Shepherd 
> > > [mailto:]
> > > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 4:24 PM
> > > To: Greg Wood
> > > Subject: Re: FW: Multicast News Item
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Yep, and more to come...
> > >
> > > Greg
> > >
> > > On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Greg Wood wrote:
> > >
> > > > Greg,
> > > > I sense your hand here. This is very, very cool.
> > > > -Greg
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Lucy E. Lynch 
> > > > [mailto:]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 2:27 PM
> > > > To: 
> > > > ;
> > > >  
> > > > ;
> > > >  
> > > > ;
> > > > 
> > > > Cc: 
> > > > ;
> > > >  
> > > > 
> > > > Subject: Multicast News Item
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Gentlemen -
> > > >
> > > > Would you be kind enough to post the following news item to
> > > > i2-news, i2-apps, and wg-multicast?
> > > >
> > > > Many Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > University Of Oregon To 'Multicast' Prefontaine Classic
> > > >
> > > > GO ONLINE FOR FULL COVERAGE OF THE PREFONTAINE CLASSIC
> > > >
> > > > While television viewers will be able to watch only one hour of the 
> > > > June
> > > > 24 Prefontaine Classic, Internet viewers will be able to see the 
> > > > entire
> > > > competition, and those servered by multicast capable networks
> > > can get full
> > > > broadcast quality.
> > > >
> > > > The University of Oregon Computing Center will will team up with Cisco
> > > > Systems to make the event available at full broadcast quality over the
> > > > Internet2 network.  Internet2 is a collaborative project among
> > > > universities, government and industry partners to develop advanced
> > > > Internet applications that are not viable using today's Internet
> > > > technology.
> > > >
> > > > "In Oregon, institutions with Internet2 access include UO, OSU,
> > > PSU, EOU,
> > > > SOU, OIT and WOU," says Joanne Hugi (director of the University
> > > Computing
> > > > Center).  "Individuals with direct access to these
> > > institutions' networks
> > > > and the right hardware and software will see the entire event at full
> > > > broadcast quality."  The UO will multicast ABC-TV's video and audio 
> > > > feed
> > > > at true broadcast quality from the crack of the first starter's
> > > pistol to
> > > > the final crossing of a finish line, using what's called MPEG2
> > > technology.
> > > > This technology takes advantage of the expanded broadband
> > > capabilities of
> > > > the Internet2.  UO Computing Center staff will broadcast the 
> > > > Prefontaine
> > > > Classic, through the Oregon GigaPoP, the state's access point to the
> > > > powerful fiber-optic network linking all Internet2 participants.  UO 
> > > > has
> > > > operated the Oregon GigaPoP since January 1999.  "With this
> > > multicast and
> > > > many other projects we are trying to extend the usefulness of
> > > the world's
> > > > increasingly powerful computer networking capabilities," Hugi says.  
> > > > "It
> > > > is a big effort and in this case the UO Computing Center is working
> > > > closely with Cisco Systems and Nike to make this multicast
> > > possible."  For
> > > > those who don't have the computing power to receive the hefty MPEG-2
> > > > stream of information, but who nonetheless have direct access to
> > > > Internet2, UO Computing will also be sending out lower bandwidth, 
> > > > "near
> > > > broadcast quality" MPEG-1 and H.261 streams.
> > > >
> > > > Downloadable software and instructions for how to access the streaming
> > > > multicast of the Prefontaine Classic is available at
> > > > http://videolab.uoregon.edu/.
> > > >
> > > > Modem users with regular Internet access can watch a still 
> > > > lower-quality
> > > > version of the track and field events in RealMedia format, accessible 
> > > > at
> > > > http://www.nike.com/pre/.  "Right now seeing a track meet in
> > > MPEG-2 format
> > > > is a fairly advanced use of networked computing, but things are moving
> > > > forward so fast.  In a few years we expect this sort of
> > > opportunity to be
> > > > nothing out of the ordinary" Hugi says.
> > > >
> > > > Web References:
> > > >
> > > > http://videolab.uoregon.edu/
> > > > http://nike.com/pre/
> > > > http://preclassic.com/
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Lucy E. Lynch                           Academic User Services
> > > > Computing Center                        University of Oregon
> > > > 
> > > >                 (541) 346-1774
> > > > Cell: (541) 912-7998                    
> > > > 
> > > > Key fingerprint =  2C 80 2F 8C 5F 68 37 E3  AC 16 09 F1 36 E4 61 15
> 
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