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> I expect that multicast is way better supported these days. I would be totally unsurprised if it were not. I wouldn't be, how often is multicast really used?
by indolering 10y ago
> I expect that multicast is way better supported these days. I would be totally unsurprised if it were not.
I wouldn't be, how often is multicast really used? Coming from the broadcast era, it seemed like a no-brainer. But the internet is built for n:n communication. Special cases for n:1 cost more in terms of engineering effort than would be saved in bandwidth and processing overhead.
- SmellyGeekBoy 10y agoSome IPTV services in the UK use it (at least BT and TalkTalk with their YouView packages and probably off-the-shelf YouView as well). I had a bit of a nightmare trying to get it working with BT TV when I upgraded from their godawful HomeHub to an ASUS router. Pretty much every time I've upgraded my router firmware I've lost TV service and had to reconfigure it. Apparently multicast is hard, even if you're a networking company!