Jibe: Speeds VOD with P2P

摘要

Up until now, Blockbuster had little to worry about when it came to competition from Internet-based video on demand. For customers without benefit of broadband, it could take hours to download one movie to a computer for viewing. But, out of left field came Jibe Inc., a Tampa, Florida-based company that offers a solution that can speed the process up by 30 times. And, better yet, a user can watch video while downloading it. To characterize how fast this solution is, company president Greg Schmitzer says an hour long television program, about 250MB, can be downloaded in about four minutes using the Jibe solution.