All things related to multicast

[Jon Zeeff <>]

We have had this challenge all along.  For example,  I find that if I use 
UDP and send 3 copies of all packets, I get far less packet loss than my
neighbor.  So the current answer is "whomever runs certain software".
Streaming video/audio products are starting to use this mechanism and newer 
QOS mechanisms would be much more efficient.


> Unfortunately, there are
>   social challenges to deploying QoS mechanisms that attempt to provide
>   better than best effort -- who gets to have their packets preferred?