Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 08:10:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net> To: Open Systems Networking <opsys@mail.webspan.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: option MROUTING Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980624080721.21769A-100000@animaniacs.itribe.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980623175255.23321E-100000@orion.webspan.net>
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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
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