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Solving the Internet's Congestion Problem

Harvard Business Review

Congestion, rather than raw usage, is the key driver of this phenomenon; given that the Internet Service Provider network is largely a fixed-cost asset. Like any fixed-cost asset, such as the Interstate highway system in the U.S., Full disclosure: I am the CEO of BitTorrent, Inc., a distributed computing company.

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Solving the Internet's Congestion Problem

Harvard Business Review

Congestion, rather than raw usage, is the key driver of this phenomenon; given that the Internet Service Provider network is largely a fixed-cost asset. Like any fixed-cost asset, such as the Interstate highway system in the U.S., Full disclosure: I am the CEO of BitTorrent, Inc., a distributing computing company.