Niklas Zennstrom: ?Peer-To-Peer Is Not Disruptive Today?

Last week at Disrupt Beijing, Sarah Lacy interviewed Skype co-founder and Atomico investor Niklas Zennstrom. (You can watch the full fireside chat in the video above.)�Zennstrom was a pioneer in building a series of startups on peer-to-peer technology (Skype, Kazaaa, Joost), but towards the end of the interview he says, "Peer to peer is not disruptive today." �Sometimes it makes sense to use it, sometimes it doesn't. �Many networks are hybrid. �But what was originally a competitive advantage and a way to get around bandwidth bottlenecks is no longer so crucial. �Zennstrom learned that with Joost when broadband costs plummeted and made it more economical to just stream videos directly to users.

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