New info from DSL Checker

When checking line capability at BT Wholesale, I usually use either this plain DSL checker, or this slightly more colourful one.

I just used both of them, and they came up with something new:

Furthermore your exchange has been enabled for multicast services on fibre lines, please contact your provider for further details.

What does that mean? Something oriented at video?

I don't get it on my old line, which can still get fibre, so this is something different.

http://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/home/products/super-...


Looks like the enabling technology for the delivery of TV & video via your FTTC line, all you need now is for someone to actually offer that service !

It's spreading slowly. We've had the occasional one pop up for over a year, when we've asked to see what it says about someone's line.

With luck it will mean some streaming won't hit your bandwidth usage, as it will come from a cache at your exchange. Unless it is metered by number and merely saves the ISPs money.

Multicast is more for live streaming, think live TV show, rather than video on demand, as the same bytes are delivered to everyone without the duplicating bandwidth.

I meant live streaming .