Scott Berry

Akamai: Why Charge More for Streaming Video Delivery vs. HTTP Delivery?

Everyone is missing the obvious, here. Akamai's Marketing department has clearly failed in their messaging.

Akamai is not selling streaming delivery for *more*, they are offering a *discount on HTTP*. That would make the question "why is Akamai the only CDN that discounts downloads?" :-)

Akamai: Broadband Consumption Clouds Outlook

I buy the broadband argument for streaming (particularly live events), but not download. "Average 3 Mb/s" doesn't begin to describe what average surfers see during peak times or when many are watching the same live event.

Last mile pipes in the U.S. are typically so oversubscribed that performance suffers measurably at just the times many want to watch video.

Which is not to say Sagan isn't blowing smoke to cover up a reduced outlook, but at least the story is fairly believable.

When it Comes to CDN Patents, Level 3 Is the One to Watch

Dan, the whole telecom industry seems to be moving toward a more horizontal structure (though probably not linearly). I wonder how much--if at all--Level3's prospective customers care about buying their services from the same one who owns the pipes. Especially, as you've said, cost may not be the primer concern for them. Do you have any sense of that?