For the past hour YouTube appears to be completely offline (no 404 notice, etc) and revver has been having its own server issues (mainly 500 errors).

NOTE: Both services appear to be back online and functioning fine.

Scalability, QoS and the five 9’s isn’t just a telco thing anymore. I am starting to wonder if P2P is the only realistic way forward for delivering video content without bringing down an entire network either fiscally or technically.