Streaming is dead
Streaming never really worked great over dial-up, but I guess it was better than waiting an hour to download something.
Once you have sufficient bandwith to stream things well, progressive download will work just as well.
Plus, the market changed, with the proliferance of the iPod, and people want to download and transfer their media to portable devices.
Streaming is now only a worthwhile solution for live events.
And with the timeshifting revolution that Tivo and on-demand has brought, one can even say that “Live” is dead.
So, streaming is dead.
Long live the download.