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Re:SimpleCDN has been effectively kicked off the Internet by... by meroliph on Sunday December 12, 2010 @09:05AM (#1997086)
Since UK2 doesn't really have a CDN product themselves, as they resell HighWinds and Level3, their interest is a bit lower as opposed to SoftLayer which has million dollar contracts signed with InterNAP for connectivity and DC space, which also sells content delivery.

My guess is it's not really about kicking out the competition but mostly the fact that they can't realistically offer the said bandwidth for the advertised price, which is far too low for a quality network blend.

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Re:SimpleCDN has been effectively kicked off the Internet by... by to on Sunday December 12, 2010 @09:42AM (#1997140)
you do know they host youporn and other huge streaming services? youporn host around 800 machines with them and i would guess use a lot of bw. softlayer is not a small hoster, theyre big.
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Re:SimpleCDN has been effectively kicked off the Internet by... by SoftwareMaven on Sunday December 12, 2010 @01:54PM (#1997638)
It's not a question of capability, it's a question of profitability.
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