Article: Peer-to-Peer Networks Turn Web Saviors.(peer-to-peer networks )

Byline: David LaGesse

The epiphany came last summer. Listening to a Yale doctoral student describe how peer-to-peer networks could cut Internet congestion, executives at Pando Networks realized they might no longer be an enemy of Internet providers--and maybe even be a friend (http://www.usnews.com/blogs/daves-download/2008/03/27/can-bittorrent-file-sharing-also-save-comcast.html). "It seems so obvious now," says Robert Levitan, CEO of Pando, a peer-to-peer company. "It wasn't then."

In a matter of months, a remarkable turnaround has occurred: The bad boys of the Internet are now seen as among its saviors. Peer-to-peer file sharing, in which end users link their ...

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