File-sharers want to have your cake and eat it too

Source: href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jun/19/digitalvideo.internet
19 Jun 2008
Short Summary:
Peer-to-peer file sharers think it's perfectly OK to grab three quarters of the communal internet bandwidth. Indeed, some are defiant about it. Their internet service provider has foolishly sold them an "unlimited" connection so they are entitled to download 5GB a day, or more, at any time. The fact that today's internet is incapable of coping with their demands is beside the point: ISPs should simply provide more bandwidth.

Intercast Feedback:
19 Jun 2008
Author: Noam Bardin, Intercast Networks CEO
The need to migrate from the unicast internet to the multicast internet to support the evolution of the web from a communication network to an entertainment network. Another excellent article on the limitations of the unicast internet and a proposal to limit demand for online video delivery technologically (i.e. since it is expensive to deliver what people want, lets limit what they get...). At Intercast Networks, we believe that the source of the problem is the unicast basis of the internet (point-to-point delivery) which is great for communication and lightweight content but not optimal for video and heavy lifting of large files delivered to many users. The next evolution of the internet will have to be the migration from the unicast Internet to a multicast Internet (point-to-multipoint) which can replicate the economic structure of the broadcast world and is the underlying infrastructure of IPTV deployments while still supporting the innovation of the world wide web.