Re: Outsourcing downloads?

["Matt Shields-5" <user=70@nabble.blu.org>]

 What about download.com?  I think they provide that service. 

-matt 

On 9/20/07, John Abreau <[hidden email]> wrote: 
> I'm running into bandwidth issues on my company's ftp server, and 
> it occurred to me that companies like Apple use an outside service 
> like akamai.com to host their downloads. Our needs will be much 
> smaller than Apple's, and akamai would probabyl be overkill for 
> our needs. 
> 
> We have a small customer base, and downloads would probably be 
> fairly infrequent, and wouldn't use much bandwidth per month; 
> but when they occur, they need to be fast. 
> 
> What experiences have other folks here had with oursourcing 
> customer file downloads? Any recommendations? 
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
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