P2P Driving Broadband, Broadband Driving P2P
P2P isn't something i use particularly often. I know how to do it, i know what apps i like, and i do occasionally want to broaden my horizons with a little digital media :) Im not so typical though, and P2P is being hailed as the only killer broadband app by Om Malik, who details a conversation he had with a uk firm that monitor web traffic patterns.
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we got into a spirited discussion, and came to a not-so-pleasant conclusion: P2P is driving consumer broadband demand….. and broadband is driving P2P uptake.
It's interesting to note the figures and conclusions being drawn, but also a little on the history of P2P and how Napster taught the AOL'ers to consume digital media.
Food for thought...
- Y! MyWeb
Only maybe...
I'm not sure it is P2P alone that is driving it, strictly speaking. I is demand for larger _media_. Broadband makes it easier to download a song I bought through iTunes, to download podcasts and to download these honking big software and OS updates from Apple. That last bit was a prime motivator for me getting broadband.
People are getting broadband because the media files are so big but they like this stuff too.