----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Wheeler" <j...@inconcepts.biz>
> There are certainly things that need work before I can start up Jeff's > Internet Movie Channel and go into competition with HBO, but for the > most part, these are solvable if networks decided to do it. The big > limitation is there can't be infinite groups -- FIB is only so big and > there is no agreeable mechanism for sharing the number that can be > made to exist, given current (and foreseeable) routers. Since so many > "eyeballs" are sitting on ISPs that also own television networks and > other media properties, though, I don't think we will get multicast > anytime soon. Unless (what I assert is) Google's plan to engender muni fiber last-mile really catches fire -- at which point it will become logistically practical for people like Chris Adams to compete with people like Road Runner... and you'll have your end-user transport. Bet me cash Google City will be multicast capable. Cheers -- jra