Let's take a step back and consider the problem that Peer5 is trying to solve: poor stream quality, especially as audience size grows. If you don't believe that this problem is real, then why do we see stories like these in the press:
Peer5's goal in life is not to give content providers / broadcasters a way to somehow cheat on their CDN bills at the expense of their paying subscribers. Rather, it is to improve the user experience (and value proposition) for everyone who is paying to stream video. I doubt anyone would find that "disgusting".
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Let's take a step back and consider the problem that Peer5 is trying to solve: poor stream quality, especially as audience size grows. If you don't believe that this problem is real, then why do we see stories like these in the press:
http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/13/14257936/directv-now-error...
http://www.businessinsider.com/directv-now-att-outages-2016-...
http://thenewdaily.com.au/sport/football/2016/08/14/optus-ep...
http://www.marketplace.org/2016/06/20/world/game-groans-hbo-...
Peer5's goal in life is not to give content providers / broadcasters a way to somehow cheat on their CDN bills at the expense of their paying subscribers. Rather, it is to improve the user experience (and value proposition) for everyone who is paying to stream video. I doubt anyone would find that "disgusting".