All things related to multicast

[Marshall Eubanks <>]

As the maintainer of that list, I welcome new additions !

On Feb 19, 2008, at 1:53 PM, debbie fligor wrote:

> Foundry Networks is looking for a multicast enabled ISP (finally!),  
> and among other things we want to be sure that there is multicast  
> connectivity between their facility and our campus for testing and  
> monitoring.  Here's the list of ISPs they've found:
>
> http://www.multicast-isp-list.com/
>
> currently our multicast peerings are with I2, NLR, ESnet and a few  
> individual campuses.  Does anyone have advice what ISP Foundry  
> should get if we want to multicast with them?

I would say that this depends on the bandwidth anticipated. If they  
want very high bandwidth multicasts (Gbps), I would recommend a  
direct connection to Level 3 or Sprint. For lower bandwidths, they  
should talk about setting up a connections with ISC by one of three  
ways:
P2P at either S&D or Equinix
Over the L2 multicast exchange at S&D, Equinix, or FixW
Or via a GRE tunnel to any remote location


They should talk to Greg Shepherd <> if they want to  
take that route.

I would be glad to talk to them if they have other questions.

> I suggested they look at I2, as they already had some interest in  
> member status.  Other thoughts?

If they have a direct I2 connection, that is easily done. If not,  
other solutions will be cheaper.

Regards
Marshall

> thanks!
>
>
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> -debbie
> Debbie Fligor, n9dn       Network Engineer, CITES, Univ. of Il
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