[koolba]

But why bill based on the bandwidth at all? Is it just a matter of being easy to understand and will equate to more than request based billing?

With a P2P network the bandwidth isn't being paid for anyway as you're using the end user's outbound connections. The tech behind it does sound interesting but it sounds more like a library than a metered service.

[whadar]

It's just a very standard and easy to understand model that people are familiar with. We may explore some other options in the future.