>>>>> "Dorian" == Dorian Kim <dorian@blackrose.org> writes:
Dorian> I don't think this is a good characterisation anymore of the
Dorian> state of
Dorian> multicast infrastructure. Most of the backbone providers now
Dorian> offer native
Dorian> multicast services, or are mostly on the way to having it. I
Dorian> think it's more
Dorian> accurate to say that the infrastructure problem for multicast now
Dorian> is mostly
Dorian> a last mile problem, since multicast support is fairly common in
Dorian> the core.
Well, the "mile" unit must have changed recently.
Nearest non-tunnel'ed multicast is at least 500-1000km away from me.
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