On Sat, 6 Oct 2007, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > And P2P is the main way to reduce the overall load that video places > > on the Internet. > > We could have used IP Multicast, but nobody on the consumer side wanted > to carry state instead of packets.
Multicast works when watching broadcast TV or recordings that were scheduled in advance, but people on the net want video on demand. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dotat.at/ IRISH SEA: SOUTHERLY, BACKING NORTHEASTERLY FOR A TIME, 3 OR 4. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. SHOWERS. MODERATE OR GOOD, OCCASIONALLY POOR.
