Re: The scale of streaming video on the Internet.

[Antonio Querubin <tony () lava net>]

On Thu, 2 Dec 2010, Jack Bates wrote:

> What would be really awesome (unless I've missed it) is Internet access to 
> the emergency broadcast system and local weather services; all easily handled 
> with multicast.

NWS transmits their NOAAPORT data as a multicast stream from geostationary 
satellites.  All someone has to do (actually it would make more sense if 
NOAA/NWS did this themselves and bypass the satellites) is to gateway that 
stuff onto the Internet MBONE.  NOAAPORT already has globally-assigned 
multicast addresses and port numbers reserved for it.

Antonio Querubin
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