On the economic front, there have been offers, at least from me, to PAY for remote attendance. Let's face it, I'd have been happy to pay $500 to have access to all WG sessions and plenaries via Real Player or other Unicast mechanism in Seoul. There's just no way my company can afford the travel expenses for me to personally travel to Korea.
I too would have no problem paying for this.
The IETF should be interested in individuals, not just large corporations, participating. What better way than to provide a way for individuals to attend on their own budgets? If that means virtual attendance, then so be it.
Exactly right.
Multicast is just not available to many of the folks who might otherwise attend. I don't care what unicast mechanism is chosen, provided it allows a wider crosssection of the community access to live participation in the meetings.
The choice of unicast technology is largely irrelevant to me as well. While I might find one approach somewhat more advantageous than another at this particular point in time, if something is chosen I will take the necessary steps to get it working. The same cannot be said for multicast, since no amount of my own futzing will make it work for me.
Ned