All things related to multicast

[Fernando Cerutti <>]

Hi, all:
Anyone knows about mcast performance/routing? Where can I find sources 
about interoperability?

Thanks for advance,
F Cerutti



Marshall Eubanks wrote:

> I thought that the group might be interested in the following video over IP 
> multicast being deployed using DSL in France :
>
> http://www.convergedigest.com/DSL/lastmilearticle.asp?ID=9740
>
> <excerpt>
>
> France Telecom has deployed a dedicated end-to-end architecture for its 
> TV-over-DSL. Its partners
> include Alcatel for the multicast-enabled DSLAMs , SAGEM for the MPEG-2 
> set-top decoders, Thalès for
> the service management platform and Thomson for the video encoders. Digital 
> rights management is
> provided with the Viaccess conditional access system. 
>
> </excerpt>
>
> Unfortunately, my French sources tell me that this is going to be a
> walled garden, with no external multicast peering.
>
> I expect to see a lot more of this.
>
> Happy New Year to All;
>
> Marshall
>
>