All things related to multicast

[Gary Parker <>]

On 9 May 2008, at 14:18, Marshall Eubanks wrote:

> Abroad, things are not as good, as I found that in Europe it was not  
> common for Universities to provide Internet access to students in  
> their dormitories, as that was viewed as something that they have to  
> pay for from local providers if they want it. I do not know if that  
> has changed, or not. Clearly there is office access.

I don't know about the rest of Europe but in the UK, at least,  
Internet access in halls of residence is available at pretty much  
every institution. JANET is, of course, mulitcast enabled and as IPTV  
retransmission of broadcast TV is really starting to take off over  
here multicast functionality is also very common on campus and in  
hallnets.

I'm not sure how many students we have across the UK in Halls, maybe  
someone on the list from JANET could wizard up the relevant stats?

Gary