John Shutt wrote: > The only way that Verizon FIOS works is with multicasting, which is > the IP equivalent of OTA broadcasting. That's why I said that the ISPs had the hardest job to make this work. Multicasting is certainly one way. Another is to deploy lots of servers in their network, to serve individual neighborhoods. Just for TV content. Then Verizon would multicast the programs through their core network to all servers, and from there even individual unicast could be possible, to customers. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.