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> literally [...] analogous to highway traffic. No, it isn't. Cars can't spawn clones as they travel down a branching set of roads. But IP Multicast can do th
by the8472 5y ago
> literally [...] analogous to highway traffic.
No, it isn't. Cars can't spawn clones as they travel down a branching set of roads.
But IP Multicast can do this, which is how IPTV works on the ISP level. And multicast is basically emulated by edge distribution boxes so that the traffic moving into the ISP can be multiplied to multiple customers.
- reportgunner 5y agoI don't think the parent was serious, I believe it's a reference to The Internet is a series of tubes[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_of_tubes