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Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?

From: John Zwiebel <>
To: Bill Owens <>
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Subject: Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?
Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 14:56:44 -0700

On May 13, 2004, at 2:45 PM, Bill Owens wrote:

On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 02:23:17PM -0700, Greg Shepherd wrote:

Conferencing has been repeatedly miss-identified as an "ideal" multicast
application. It is not.

Why not?

Bill.

Because the size of the group isn't large enough to make multicast
necessary. It can be accomplished just as well via multicast.
Kind of like the argument Shep, Dino, Amit and I are having right now
over AOL. :-)

Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, (continued)
- RE: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Richard Mavrogeanes, 05/13/2004
  - Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Bill Owens, 05/13/2004
    - Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Greg Shepherd, 05/13/2004
      - Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, John Zwiebel, 05/13/2004
      - Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Bill Owens, 05/13/2004
        
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, John Zwiebel, 05/13/2004
        
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Bob Riddle, 05/14/2004
        
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Greg Shepherd, 05/13/2004
        
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Bill Owens, 05/17/2004
        
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Marshall Eubanks, 05/17/2004
      - Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Hugh LaMaster, 05/13/2004
        
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Bob Riddle, 05/14/2004
    - Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, René Hatem, 05/13/2004
    - Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Leonard Giuliano, 05/13/2004
      - Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Chris Rapier, 05/14/2004
        
        Re: Why don't we use multicast more often?, Chris Rapier, 05/14/2004

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