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I doubt P2P could be used reliably for video streaming. There's a quality of service component of video streaming that P2P solutions can't currently provide eff
by rbranson 16y ago
I doubt P2P could be used reliably for video streaming. There's a quality of service component of video streaming that P2P solutions can't currently provide effectively in the context of embedded web video streaming. Besides, YouTube probably doesn't cost very much bandwidth-wise. Google has dozens of datacenters placed at or near key peering locations where they can negotiate very low or zero tariff interconnects with major IP networks. At work on a Time-Warner fiber connection, I am 2 hops from Google's network.
- wmf 16y agoOctoshape has had some successful deployments recently, although I suspect they only offload some of the bandwidth from the CDN. Also, Google isn't the only game in town; P2P offers the promise that you could cheaply deliver video to large audiences without having to pay Akamai or give up control to Google.
- illumin8 16y agoAgreed. The main reason why it wouldn't work is that existing broadband deployments are not designed for P2P. Your neighborhood might have a gigabit of downstream bandwidth on fiber from the cable company but the upstream is limited to something like 100 megabits for the entire neighborhood. It sounds nice in theory to cut bandwidth costs, but somehow I don't think the cable companies are going to be too happy with you sharing their limited upstream with your traffic. They'd much rather deliver lots of streaming content downstream, which is what their network is designed for in the first place.
- cookiecaper 16y agoI hope that P2P finds more mainstream uses so that customers start demanding better upload speeds and Comcast et al are forced to oblige. The upload speeds are really a bummer in the US.