All things related to multicast

[Marshall Eubanks <>]

That is good to know. I specifically spoke to people from continental  
Europe about this, and of course in the UK things can be different.

This document

http://www.ja.net/documents/publications/reports/janet-report/report2006.pdf

claims

The new JANET
network will link19 Regional Networks across the UK
and support a potential user base of over18 million.

That seems like a lot of students so presumably they are counting  
others.

Marshall


On May 9, 2008, at 9:31 AM, Gary Parker wrote:

> 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