All things related to multicast

[Brad Rawls <>]

Greg,

Don't know about the universities, but I can check with National Inst of
Health.
They have been multicast-enabled for a number of years now, not sure
about I2 activity.  Dave - any idea?

At 02:28 PM 6/22/2000 -0700, Greg Shepherd wrote:
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>ALL,
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>Looking for an I2 connected, multicast enabled campus in the DC Metro
>area. 
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>Thanks,
>Greg
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>Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 17:22:31 -0400
>From: Greg Wood 
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>Cc: Greg Shepherd 
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>     Guy Almes 
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>Subject: RE: FW: Multicast News Item
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>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?
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>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.
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>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.
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>-Greg
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Greg Shepherd 
>> [mailto:]
>> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 4:24 PM
>> To: Greg Wood
>> Subject: Re: FW: Multicast News Item
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>> Yep, and more to come...
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>> Greg
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>> On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Greg Wood wrote:
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>> > Greg,
>> > I sense your hand here. This is very, very cool.
>> > -Greg
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>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Lucy E. Lynch 
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>> > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 2:27 PM
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>> > Subject: Multicast News Item
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>> > Gentlemen -
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>> > Would you be kind enough to post the following news item to
>> > i2-news, i2-apps, and wg-multicast?
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>> > Many Thanks.
>> >
>> > University Of Oregon To 'Multicast' Prefontaine Classic
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>> > GO ONLINE FOR FULL COVERAGE OF THE PREFONTAINE CLASSIC
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>> > 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.
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>> > 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/.
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>> > 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:
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>> > http://videolab.uoregon.edu/
>> > http://nike.com/pre/
>> > http://preclassic.com/
>> >
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>> > Lucy E. Lynch                              Academic User Services
>> > Computing Center                   University of Oregon
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>> > Cell: (541) 912-7998                       
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