Class D addresses? was: Redploying most of 127/8 as unicast public

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It appears that Michael Thomas <mike at mtcc.com> said:
>There is just as big a block of addresses with class D addresses for 
>broadcast. Is broadcast really even a thing these days?

It's multicast and no, but it hardly matters.

It's the same problem, if you wanted to turn it into unicast space you'd need
a global forklift upgrade.

FWIW, I see a trickle of class D traffic coming through my router but no class E.

R's,
John

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