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by wmf 4951 days ago
IP multicast is turned off on the Internet.
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timthorn 4951 days ago
Depends on which bit of the Internet - the BBC transmits (or at leat used to) live streams via Multicast to a number of UK ISPs.
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bvdbijl 4951 days ago
Thank god... imagine the incredible noise
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sargun 4951 days ago
What do you mean? The whole point of multicast is that you don't have noise. You choose exactly what you want to get.
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