From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 24 05:10:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA18152 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 05:10:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from animaniacs.itribe.net (gatekeeper.itribe.net [209.49.144.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id FAA18142 for ; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 05:10:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jamie@itribe.net) Received: from localhost (jamie@localhost) by animaniacs.itribe.net (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id IAA21801; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 08:10:15 -0400 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 08:10:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamie Bowden To: Open Systems Networking cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: option MROUTING In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Open Systems Networking wrote: > Just to backup the MBONE feed statement jordan made about ISP's and > network providers, trying to get an MBONE here in kansas, usually results > in a 2 hours long phone chase between "network engineers" who have to be > told WHAT the MBONE is, then they have to check with their supreme on high > 400K dollar a year bosses just to call you back and tell you that yes > indeed they do offer ISDN video conferencing. Which of course is not what > you originally asked for but it seems that is all they can comprehend. > You could slap a nice pretty GUI on all the config tools for mbone on unix > you want, but until you find a provider who carries MBONE feeds, let alone > even remotely knows what the MBONE is, it isnt going to do you much good. > I have tried sprint, mci, and feist here and not one engineer knew the > difference between the MBONE and a video conferencing ISDN solution. > No matter how many times you explain it etc.. > I have given up trying to make use of the MBONE here. > Maybe ill just get one of those elite ISDN video conferencing feeds they > seem to know so much about :-) MCI knows what an MBONE feed is. I believe the address you need for MCI is mbone@internetmci.com. They used to offer this free to high bandwidth clients. I don't know if it's still free or not. Jamie Bowden Systems Administrator, iTRiBE.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message