Note: Read the Case Study at the end of Chapter 3, Akamai Technologies: Attempting to Keep Supply Ahead of Demand, and answer the following in a detailed manner (the paper should be no less than one page).
- -Why does Akamai need to geographically disperse its servers to deliver its customers’ Web content?
- -If you wanted to deliver software content over the Internet, would you sign up for Akamai’s service? Why or why not?
- -What advantages does an advertiser derive from using Akamai’s service? What kinds of products might benefit from this kind of service?
- -Do you think Internet users should be charged based on the amount of bandwidth they consume, or a tiered plan in which users would pay in rough proportion to their usage?
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