How P2P Technology Works Pt.1 - Streaming Content

A peer-to-peer system works differently to how media is currently streamed on the Internet; This is how media is streamed currently. Media files are broken in to smaller parts to distribute online. The host has to sent a complete copy of the file to each member of the audience, and once the bandwidth it has is exhausted then new audience members cannot see anything. This video shows how the host of a file has to serve the content to each audience member wishing to accesses it. (Now see Pt.2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXpAbZU9Bcw )

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