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On Sun, 6 Jul 2003, Randy Bush wrote:

> > there's no money in p2p filesharing apps.
> 
> two differences
>   o p2p file sharing requires nothing in core
>   o there is money in it for the end users
> i.e. the benefit lies where the cost lies

Agreed! And the cost of transmitting streaming content to a large audience
via unicast is piled high on the content owner/distributor. So they can
read and understand mcast, build a biz-plan around mcast distribution, and
even turn-up mcast transit with their provider of choice - but they still
don't have any usable mcast penetration to realize the cost benefits.

There is a missing piece.

Greg