When it comes to P2P, the answer seems to be, “No!”.

It’s really remarkable to think that this guy sold broadcast.com for a gajillion dollars when he writes drivel like this.

To engage him, though, the biggest problem with the entire series of P2P posts is that he starts with an assumption that I’m not convinced actually makes any sense or is even remotely true. And the problem is that Cuban himself doesn’t actually provide any data supporting his claim that P2P makes last mile bandwidth more expensive and “slows down his Internet connection.” From what I understand about the Internet (and I’ll assert that I know more than a little), neither of these claims are true. Perhaps he knows more about a specific ISPs configuration or topology to support the claim but since he doesn’t provide any specifics, it really seems like he’s starting with his conclusion (P2P is bad) and then reaches for some, or any reason that seemed convenient.

The fact is that my bandwidth is already capped. What’s the issue he’s complaining about?