All things related to multicast

[Marc Manthey <>]

FYI


there was a  German IPv6 Summit in Poddam May 7-8, 2008

http://www.ipv6council.de/events/german-ipv6-summit.html

some  nice podcasts from all speeches here :

http://www.tele-task.de/page42_mode1_series648.html

very promising

regards

Marc

Am 09.05.2008 um 15:43 schrieb 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



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