October 31, 2001
Peer-to-Peer for Academia
Peer-to-Peer for Academia
Internet2 features the use of high-bandwidth media such as the videoconference through which this meeting was held. Several members organized a P2P session to build interest in the potential efficiency and new applications offered by P2P. Many in the academic community, however, still associate the term P2P with file sharing and the problems universities have had with bandwidth exhaustion and legal copyright challenge.
Posted by rshah at October 31, 2001 12:00 PM