[Linux-il] Linux and video multicasting

[sara fink]

Unfortunately, there are no ISP in Israel that support Multicast.

2009/1/26 Arie Skliarouk <skliarie at gmail.com>

> Hi,
>
> My friend needs to broadcast an event live for 150000 viewers. Unicast
>> broadcasting requires tremendous bandwidth and hence - money. Thus he asked
>> me to check multicast option.
>>
>
> Half an year ago it was not an option. It is still not.
>
> But BBC at UK started pushing ISPs into the right direction:
>
> From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast :
>
> *Recently the BBC <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC> has begun encouraging
> UK-based ISPs <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISPs> to adopt Multicast onto
> their networks by providing BBC Radio at higher quality<http://bbc.co.uk/multicast/>than is available via their
> Unicast <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicast> delivered services.*
>
> They provide notable service at http://www.bbc.co.uk/multicast/ that
> (besides practical usefullness) allows easy check whether your ISP (in UK)
> is multicast-capable.
>
> Is there similar multicast checking service in Israel?
>
> Which ISPs are known to support the multicast?
>
> --
> Arie
>
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