Deploying a global, private CDN
Ugh, I hate these P2P &quot;CDNs&quot;.  A few years back, CNN tried this for their streaming video with technology from a company called Octoshape.  Users (including myself) were unwittingly conned into accepting the plugin in order to watch live video.  This created a huge mess for big corporate IT departments, who suddenly had hundreds or thousands of desktop machines streaming out video whenever there was a major news event.<p>I realize that this is a server-side option now, however.  Still, it&#x27;s a crappy deal.  A decently-sized deployment of public cloud boxes to support your private CDN is going to cost far, far more than an actual CDN.  Public cloud bandwidth is obscenely priced compared to what you can get it for on the CDN market.