To clarify this a little further (I was on the phone while typing the below message). windowsupdate.microsoft.com is load balanced by Footprint, which is a part of DigIsle/C&W/Savvis/name of the day. There used to be a Digital Island cluster in NZ at Xtra, but I -think- this might have been decommissioned. Microsoft and Digital Island load balance the content out of their distribution centres in the US, Digital Island, and Akamai, based on four factors: - Cost - Geographic location - Content availability - Load If they have Akamaized content available, and it is at the time cheaper or more efficient for them to use it, they will. Some download.microsoft.com content is Akamaized, but not all of it. Some Windows Updates are Akamaized -- particularly during the launches of major service packs -- but not all of it. aj. (who's good friends with akamai technology directors) On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Alastair Johnson wrote:
It is NOT based on Akamai.
They use Digital Island Footprint, not Akamai.
Sometimes it might be handled by akamai, but definately not always.
aj
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