Re: Network end users to pull down 2 gigabytes a day, continuously?

[Gian Constantine <constantinegi () corp earthlink net>]

Fair enough. :-)

Nearly everything has a time and place, though.

Pretty much everything on this thread is speculative.

Gian Anthony Constantine
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On Jan 9, 2007, at 2:13 PM, John Kristoff wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 13:21:38 -0500
> Marshall Eubanks <tme () multicasttech com> wrote:
>
> > > You are correct. Today, IP multicast is limited to a few small
> > > closed networks. If we ever migrate to IPv6, this would instantly
> > > change.
> >
> > I am curious. Why do you think that ?
>
> I could have said the same thing, but with an opposite end meaning.
> You take one 10+ year technology with minimal deployment and put it
> on top of another 10+ year technology also far from being widely
> deployed and you end up with something quickly approaching zero
> deployment, instantly.  :-)
>
> John