Comments on: Could P2P Save the Internet? http://gigaom.com/video/could-p2p-save-the-internet/ Fri, 25 May 2012 05:19:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Yaron http://gigaom.com/video/could-p2p-save-the-internet/#comment-442400 Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:24:29 +0000 http://newteevee.wordpress.com/2006/12/15/could-p2p-save-the-internet/#comment-442400 The Internet, (its infrastructure and most of the software created for it; browsers, media players, email, IM etc.) was never designed with the thought that it would move video in the way traditional cable networks do. 2006 showed that consumers want it to. That’s really exciting but the sheer mass of data being thrust onto existing pipes is daunting to say the least. Many have written about video killing the Internet, I say it will force it into its most significant evolution in a decade. Basic principles of IP are being re-thought by some of our brightest minds, and P2P is taking up central real estate on those whiteboards.

The question is not “could p2p save the Interne?”, its how specifically will it? As a rush of new p2p startups crop up (as they did in early 2000), platform standards are going to be critical to our progress. Its great to see P2P finally getting the attention it deserves as a fundamentally necessary technology.

(Disclosure: As a founder of Pando Networks, a p2p platform, my perspective is undoubtedly biased.)

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