Re: trollage (Re: Akamai server reliability)

[Deepak Jain <deepak () ai net>]

> > Never underestimate the amount of airbills that can be paid with KISS 
> > strategy.
>
>
> Especially since Akamai doesn't pay for truck rolls and man hours to get 
> the replacements done onsite.

I'm sorry, isn't that exactly what an airbill *is* paying for -- to get 
the equipment on site?

The man hours (really, we are talking about less than a single hour to 
replace a server including all the mounting and repacking). The one man 
hour that they need (no more than 6 a year by the look of it) should 
offset the value the ISP is getting from not buying bandwidth to get to 
the content and for the improved performance they get.

If that model doesn't work for the ISP in question, they should ask 
Akamai to pull their gear.

DJ