http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20163600 en Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:24:06 EDT Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:24:06 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20183232 patcat88 : Torrents can be streamed, with traditional swarming to make up for lost blocks. Its not rocket science. Only question is, will the power ever allow their holy multicast IPs to land in the hands of consumers?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20183232 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:57:15 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20179267 espaeth : What about it? Torrents are a non-starter for IPTV because the bandwidth grows linearly with the number of viewers.

Multicast = each packet delivered to many recipients; bandwidth usage remains flat as subscribers are added.

Torrent = each recipient needs their own unique packet; number of packets on the network increases linearly as viewers are added.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20179267 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:53:02 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20179085 patcat88 : How about a torrent with 300 peers?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20179085 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:19:14 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20170279 espaeth : How the heck is this a Net Neutrality issue?!

It's not like there's an exceedingly vast array of companies producing content that garners mass viewership. You'll have companies like NBC/Universal, Viacom, Time Warner, etc all partnering with information services companies to distribute their crap down to end users.

Anything that doesn't reach critical mass for viewership likely won't benefit much from multicast distribution anyway.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20170279 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:31:50 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20170164 patcat88 : Yes, but only the "partner" IPTV provider of the telco would get the QOS guarentee/tagging. Net Neutrality here we come.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20170164 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:08:57 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20168413 espaeth : Multicast IPTV streams would most certainly be separate from the HSI traffic, the same way that MSO VoIP services are segmented off today.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20168413 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:49:58 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20163775 patcat88 : No they dont, they can just throttle and point to "upto" clauses in the TOS.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20163775 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:42:29 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20163600 spamd : Well with IPTV on the horizon they will have to embrace multi-cast.
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