I believe multicast is only used for IPTV Multicast by itself does not reduce much bandwidth : that reduction is purely based on the network design If you place unicast nodes near your customers, multicast is effectively unicast (just think about it) :)
On 08/08/2018 08:49 PM, Mankamana Mishra (mankamis) via NANOG wrote: > Hi Every one, > Recently we had good discussion over multicast uses in public internet. From > discussion, it was pointed out uses of multicast is more with in enterprise. > Wanted to understand how much % multicast traffic present in network > > * If there is any data which can provide what % of traffic is multicast > traffic. And if multicast is removed, how much unicast traffic it would add > up? > * Since this forum has people from deployment area, I would love to know > if there is real deployment problems or its pain to deploy multicast. > > > These questions is to work / discussion in IETF to see what is pain points > for multicast, and how can we simplify it. > > > > Thanks > Mankamana >