They may not use Multicast, at least not in its simplest form. Imagine all those VOD streams they need to feed. Those must be on singlecast.
If the backbone has say 5gb/s capacity, they can support 500 households on 10mb/s*household, which should be enough.
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They may not use Multicast, at least not in its simplest form. Imagine all those VOD streams they need to feed. Those must be on singlecast. If the backbone has say 5gb/s capacity, they can support 500 households on 10mb/s*household, which should be enough.