What is P2P?
NBC Direct utilizes Peer-to-Peer (P2P) technology as a means to rapidly deliver media files over the public Internet allowing users to share high quality NBC content directly from their personal computers. When you download an episode through the NBC Direct service, you’re doing it on a secure, private and efficient network made up of fellow NBC Direct users. As more and more users join the network, downloads will become even faster. Of course, you have the option to choose not to be part of the NBC Direct private P2P network. However, by opting out, you will only receive standard quality versions of the content and may experience longer download times for each show that you request. For more information about P2P, please visit http://www.pandonetworks.com/faq.
Peer-to-peer (P2P) is a way of rapidly delivering media files over the public internet allowing users to receive high quality NBC content in the fastest way possible directly to their desktops. When you download an episode through the NBC Direct service you’re doing it on a secure and efficient network made up of fellow NBC Direct users. As more and more users join the network, downloads will become even faster. Here’s how it works. P2P uses large numbers of PCs, or peers, connected together on a network. When you download an episode, the P2P technology requests small pieces of the file that make up the program you requested from other peers using the NBC Direct service. Because these pieces are small, they travel much faster across the Internet and can be downloaded to your PC much quicker than trying to download a large media file all at once. The small pieces of the file are then intelligently put back together on your PC to make a complete file, i.e. the show you requested. It gets
Peer to peer (P2P) is a network protocol for computer users, used for downloading torrents or P2P files. Rather than connecting to the Internet, P2P software allows surfers to connect with each other to search for and download content. Because of the unique structure of a P2P network, it is very efficient for downloading large files. A quick comparison to standard downloading explains why. The Internet connects users or surfers to website servers. By cruising the Internet a user establishes a one-on-one connection with each website visited. If the user wants content (files) from that website, the server that archives the website transfers the files requested. Since a website can have hundreds or even thousands of visitors at any give moment, file transfer can be slow or sluggish at times. Download speed can slow to a trickle. On a P2P network, when a user wants a file, installed P2P software locates any copies of the file within the P2P network. It then allows the user to create multip
I had a great dream last night. I was in a bar in Palo Alto. All kinds of interesting people were there. Smart software developers, rich venture capitalists, powerful reporters and analysts. I was seated on the floor, on a nice mat, with a small table in front of me with flowers and copies of The Industry Standard and Business 2.0. I was dressed like Mahatma Gandhi, with a simple cloth that left my chest exposed. The room is quiet, people are seated, cellphones turned off, everyone is looking at me, and breathing deeply, as I was. A young man, seated on the floor, puts the tips of his fingers on both hands together and nods his head slightly down. I return the gesture. “Dave-ji, something has been troubling me, my life is not complete, I need to know what to do. I was wondering if you could help.” “If I can I will,” I said. “Dear Dave-ji, I need to know, what, oh what, is P2P?” Here’s what I said..
