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--On Thursday, February 12, 1998, 1:28 PM -0500 "Eric Germann" <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyone from Digex here? Send me a note to discuss multicast routing. Your > Private Network Services client said "Huh?" when asked about setting me up > for multicast. I asked this of them during the most recent meeting and received this in reply: > Steve, > > Mbone is not supported robustly enough by the versions of Cisco IOS that > DIGEX runs on our core routers. We run standard unicast packages, and > multicast support is not in demand enough to see stable releases. > Additionally, bandwidth problems with current multicast routing structures > are high enough to warrant additional waiting before we implement this > service across our backbone after software stability has been achieved. > > Let us know if you have any questions. > > Richard White, Shift Mgr. > Business Connectivity Technical Support -- Steve Hultquist, Chief Technology Officer HSAnet providing high-speed Internet access Boulder, Colorado mailto:[email protected] +1.303.581.0800 http://www.HSAnet.net/
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