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[The Green Button] While it is true that multicast is indeed TCP/IP and the fundamental operation of multicast is only slightly different than unicast, it is not quite that simple. Even if AT&T were to release the specs for their multicast channel lineup, you would not simply be able to put your media center on your network and attempt to send an igmp join for a specific multicast address. 

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