Andy Abramson describes his concerns about P2P video. Network is still not ready, in particular in US.
Our networks in the USA are not built for what is coming, nor will they be as rapidly expanded as they need to be. My experiences in Europe are far different now than they were a few years ago. When I’m in a hotel which has a quality broadband network my experience is T-1 like. In most Internet cafe’s in major cities I have a similar experience, but here in the USA we don’t have the luxury of the networks being built to handle all that’s coming.
This is why I’m concerned about Joost and other new broadband networks, and why the ilecs like Verizon and AT&T are pushing the concept of IPTV and Fiber to the Premise or Fiber to the Curb. There is only so much that you can put through a pipe and P2P video is one of those that will be taking up a lot of it.
I would agree with him, even if a few years ago we were used to say exactly the same for VoIP and Video over IP. So, I guess it’s just a matter of time.
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