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Re:Cloudflare Is Not a CDN by gfs on Monday August 11, 2025 @01:58PM (#44867297)
> ...and it still results in cache-miss, even when the request comes from the same location and edge.

I'm sure they have multiple data centers in each location. Especially if it's a high traffic interconnect.

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Re:Cloudflare Is Not a CDN by advisedwang on Monday August 11, 2025 @02:10PM (#44867454)
I think the point they are making is that Cloudflare makes no guarantees that it will cache your content (vs Akamai that you can purchase a specified storage and expect that it will get used).
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