Will World Cup Streaming Cause Internet Meltdown?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday June 5, 2006 @09:59AM from the cry-wolf-phenomenon dept.

MetaNick writes "It seems with every worldwide sporting event, e.g., Olympics, World Cup, we hear warnings of a "meltdown" as more and more broadband users attempt to stream video of the event to their browsers. And such predictions have just begun for the World Cup just getting underway: World Cup streaming to cause network meltdown, World Cup by broadband endangers networks. Has this ever really happened? Will it happen with this the World Cup just getting underway? I tend to doubt it. I looked for articles discussing how predictions of meltdowns did NOT come to pass, but I couldn't find any."

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BBC Coverage Online by nbannerman · 2006-06-05 10:05 · Score: 4, Informative

Well, the BBC is using multicast to stream matches out to UK based residents.

Multicast is perfect for this kind of situation, and I don't think we'll see a 'meltdown' because of it.