"Perry" == Perry E Metzger <perry@snark.imsi.com> writes:
Perry> You completely misunderstand. The MBONE is a very scarce Perry> resource at the moment. Setting up teleconferencing Perry> sessions that aren't, say, multicasting a conference (like, Perry> say, a Cypherpunks meeting) but are just being used to let Perry> people do what they do on mailing lists at 500,000 times Perry> the cost in network bandwidth isn't social. I'm afraid I must pipe up from my normally quiet mode to agree wholeheartedly with Perry. Those who have been on the MBONE for a while understand how brittle the whole thing is. There have been some useful compromises like "Radio Free Vat" which gives out time slots for people who want to DJ without having all of them set up a full-time session. Also, RFV has a policy to yielding to conferences and the like when they are scheduled. Please be discreet. The core movers behind the MBONE are truly gifted people, and I'd rather have them on our side. Cheers, --Strat