Anton Smith wrote:
Richard Naylor wrote: Peering used to be a dirty word at Akamai. Their business model/architecure didn't encourage it. So it would have been a "very large customer" (tm) who got it changed.
It means on-line.skytv.co.nz http://on-line.skytv.co.nz/ will work now.
Good work by CallPlus.
hmm... try telling that to Patrick Gilmore, the peering coordinator for akamai - one of the most vocal peering guys in europe.
how long ago was it that peering was a dirty word for akamai?
Indeed - Akamai has always been present at many large international IXes, in many cases being a cornerstone attraction (and often among the first 10GE participant). Patrick has a... vociferous appetite for peering, and always has. Back on topic; I'm pleased to see that someone has again stepped up to offering free access to Akamai content at an IX in NZ. I'd love it if Callplus could show or publish some statistics of the traffic volume hitting this deployment; it would give some insight into the streaming media load in NZ. aj