All things related to multicast

[Marshall Eubanks <>]

On Feb 21, 2008, at 3:21 PM, Todd Chapman wrote:

> A little something to keep in mind. We have been working with the  
> Philadelphia Orchestra on a high definition multicast of the  
> Orchestra. There are several educational institutions participating  
> in this effort. Our initial tests did not go very well. While  
> troubleshooting the issue, we requested that CENIC look at the  
> multicast and provide feedback on the quality they were seeing. As  
> it turns out, the CENIC NOC does not have the ability to view  
> multicast content. This may be a sticky point for Foundry. Or,  
> perhaps Foundry can convince the CENIC NOC to get multicast  
> enabled...(we would LOVE that!)
>
> Todd

I and others would be glad to help.

Regards
Marshall

> -----Original Message-----
> From: debbie fligor 
> [mailto:]
> Sent: Thu 2/21/2008 12:13 PM
> To: wg-multicast List
> Cc: Debbie Fligor
> Subject: Re: Multicast ISP question
>
> thanks for the ideas everyone.
>
>
>
> On Feb 19, 2008, at 15:47, Brent Draney wrote:
>
> >
> > Cenic (http://www.cenic.org/) seems like a perfect fit.  Its in Cal
> > and should be easy for them to connect to.  I'm guessing (but don't
> > know for sure) the the appropriate peerings and multicast would be
> > covered.
> >
> > Brent
> >
> >> 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 suggested they look at I2, as they already had some interest in
> >> member status.  Other thoughts?
> >>
> >> thanks!
> >>
> >>
> >> -----
> >> -debbie
> >> Debbie Fligor, n9dn       Network Engineer, CITES, Univ. of Il
> >> email: 
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>           <http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/fligor>
> >>                    "My turn."  -River Tam
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
> -----
> -debbie
> Debbie Fligor, n9dn       Network Engineer, CITES, Univ. of Il
> email: 
>
>           <http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/fligor>
>                     "My turn."  -River Tam