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How well would the internet hold up against a billion people watching the Olympics opening ceremony[0]? _____ [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_wa

• dan1234 14y ago
  If Multicast[0] routing was used, it'd probably hold up quite well. [0]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_multicast http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_multicast
  • mobiplayer 14y ago
    That's not the point. The point is if ISPs and backbone companies can cope with all that bandwidth.
    • vidarh 14y ago
      If multicast was used, the bandwidth used wouldn't be particularly high, that's the point.
• anon1849567678 14y ago
  That is a good point, it wouldn't really, not if a broadcaster tries to adopt the same model as TV - that is to broadcast messages. Perhaps by using some peer to peer technology? Or by caching copies of the video through out the network? There would definitely be problems that would need to be overcome. I think this should work in the general case however, there would still be problems to overcome, and I can only see it helping internet connection speeds.
  • timthorn 14y ago
    Why not - this is exactly what multicast is for.
• vacri 14y ago
  Well, you can shave off 300 million by giving them a six-hour delay...