Vision

The Internet was designed primarily as a way for users to receive large amounts of data and send just small amounts. So while existing network infrastructure has lots of bandwidth available for downloading, it provides very little for uploading. Of course, today's Internet applications -- P2P services, Internet telephony, interactive gaming, chatting and even intense Web browsing -- place a tremendous strain on this system and users are paying the price: sluggish uploads that really slow down Internet performance.

Using IPortent patent-pending technology, Zapu™ increases the upload bandwidth available to users by up to 400%. That means users can upload data at full line capacity and still have enough bandwidth for real-time applications like Internet telephony and interactive applications like games.

The Zapu™ solution uses powerful servers located on the Internet’s high-capacity backbone to deliver large files much faster than individual users can from their own computers. Up to 80% of online traffic comprises popular movies, music and pictures that are shared by users. So as more people use Zapu™ to optimize their upload speeds, more of that data will be stored on Zapu™’s servers -- freeing up more first-mile bandwidth for interactive and real-time applications.