PeerApp takes $8M for peer-to-peer traffic policing
PeerApp, an infrastructure company for Internet service providers that helps them deal with peer-to-peer traffic, has raised an $8 million second round of funding less than a year after taking its first.
The company’s UltraBand caching system stores chunks of P2P files locally, so that repeated downloads of popular files don’t overburden the network. Tangential to the needs of the ISPs, the product can also speed up the downloads for the end user.
Over 100 UltraBand systems… Continue Reading
PeerApp raises $3M for streamlined peer-to-peer sharing
PeerApp, a company based in Newton, Mass., claims that its infrastructure solutions for internet service providers can reduce the costs for ISPs when dealing with peer-to-peer traffic, a claim that, if true, should get it plenty of business.
Many ISPs grumble about the cost of dealing with P2P traffic, and a major company, Comcast, is currently the target of an FCC probe investigating its handling of P2P traffic.
A recent agreement with Pando Networks has given PeerApp… Continue Reading