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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:14:47 +0100
> From: Matt Hamilton <matth at netsight.co.uk>
> Subject: [_] Akamai
> To: underscore at under-score.org.uk
> Message-ID: <4538A197.5080907 at netsight.co.uk>
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> Anyone dealt with Akamai recently?  What sort of price do 
> their packages start at now?  Last time I checked with them 
> (many years ago) I seem to remember they started about the 6 
> figure range.
> 
> -Matt

Hi Matt - I thought you lot already did stream hosting ? 
I'm sure I asked you once for a vague capacity costing.

Anyway - It's more like 5 figures now with Akamai ;-)

Seriously - that piece of string is this long though
<--------------------------------------->
So I guess it makes more sense to say "this is my scenario <. . . . . >,
what range can I expect" ?

I got a "better" quote recently from Limelight for comparable facilities
(about 50% of the Akamai quote).

Depending on the content type (QT, WMV, Real or Flash) and the delivery
scenario, you could always talk to our business unit here to see what
prices you'd get. Best plan before getting any quote though is to have a
list of projected user numbers, peak time of day estimates (if
available) and of course how much content (MB/GB) and what format it's
in.



HTH
Cheers - Neil Smith

MVP Digital Media 2004-7
http://www.coull.biz