[citation needed] The service was launched in March 2004 and ultimately expanded to over 400 universities and colleges both in the United States and abroad.

[2][3][4][5] In August 2004, Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew McCollum, Adam D'Angelo, and Sean Parker of Facebook launched a competing peer-to-peer file sharing service called Wirehog.

The team also jointly launched several projects and initiatives, including:[9][10] The network was criticized by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for its ability to share copyrighted materials through a faster medium.

On October 5, 2004, Cary Sherman, the president of the RIAA, talked about i2hub in a statement to the United States House of Representatives.

"[14][15][16] On January 17, 2006, The Wall Street Journal[17] wrote that UMASS students that were sued for using i2hub wanted founder Wayne Chang to pay for their lawsuits.

Wayne Chang and his attorney, Charles Baker, who also represented StreamCast Networks (makers of the Morpheus P2P software), responded saying that i2hub has no liability in the matter and is protected by the EULA.

Chang alleges that he has received nothing in return for the substantial benefits he provided to ConnectU, including the value of his work, as well as i2hub's users and goodwill."

The court concluded that Chang had pled sufficient facts to confer standing with respect to his claims against the Winklevoss defendants.