>>>>> "John" == John Stracke <jstracke@incentivesystems.com> writes:
>> This email describes a discussion list which will develop a framework
>> for efficient transport of IPv4 and IPv6 Datagrams over ISO MPEG-2
>> Transport Streams (TS).
John> Wouldn't it make more sense to transmit MPEG over IP? Then you get the
John> benefit of running everywhere IP does, instead of having to come up with
John> your own standards for the data layer.
Yes, that would make sense, and is dealt with the the AVT WG. That isn't
the problem being solved.
These people want to run IP over satellite television networks, and they
can not easily upgrade the "routers" without either very long arms or a lot
of H_2 + LOX.
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