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RE: Outsourcing downloads?



 Several of the bigger podcasts use CacheFly.  Haven't needed them myself, 
but they have a 30 day freebie if you want to try it out.  Plans from $15/mo 
for 30GB to $300/mo for 1200GB.  cachefly.com 

Jack 


> -----Original Message----- 
> From: John Abreau [mailto:[hidden email]] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 3:28 PM 
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> Subject: Outsourcing downloads? 
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> 
> I'm running into bandwidth issues on my company's ftp server, and 
> it occurred to me that companies like Apple use an outside service 
> like akamai.com to host their downloads. Our needs will be much 
> smaller than Apple's, and akamai would probabyl be overkill for 
> our needs. 
> 
> We have a small customer base, and downloads would probably be 
> fairly infrequent, and wouldn't use much bandwidth per month; 
> but when they occur, they need to be fast. 
> 
> What experiences have other folks here had with oursourcing 
> customer file downloads? Any recommendations? 
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
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