I downloaded the WAIK for vista lite yesterday, the hostname resolved to an akamai server yet I was still charged for it? The download was large 2GB and I did it during the day because I thought it was free.
Is this an accounting error or is not all content from microsoft cached? The speed was quick 250kbps+ so it was definately local I would assume.
My understanding is that WxC have their own Akamai server(s) but the content on them is not controlled by them it is controlled by Akamai. I also understood that the first time someone downloaded something from Akamai it was downloaded to WxC's server then on to you, still making it free. Guess I got it all wrong. There are threads about it here on Geekzone from memory.
I'm not so much worried about the cost, but the speed's pretty tragic. Used to downloading from download.microsoft.com at break-neck speeds (400-500k/s) on my old ISP - tonight have been getting basic things like .NET2.0 & 2.0 SP1 and it's been going at about 25k/s... perhaps WxC are having issues with their Akamai server(s)?
I have been managing 600KBps+ off callplus' akamai servers. I think the akamai servers may have lost all their content when the power cut happened, and getting them back up and running is probably lower on the priority list for xnet
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