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Interesting! Facebook mostly runs behind Akamai right? Maybe there is a method of setting up a VPN that proxies your traffic through Akamai servers, e.g. throug

Interesting! Facebook mostly runs behind Akamai right? Maybe there is a method of setting up a VPN that proxies your traffic through Akamai servers, e.g. through their serverless computing offering, that would similarly work.

KaiserPro 5y ago
I think they got rid of akamai years ago. At their scale it makes perfect sense to roll thier own CDN
- Phemist 5y ago
  Oh, I thought akamai was actually a facebook spin-off or in some way related, considering it made perfect sense to roll their own CDN, but also to offer this to other parties.
  - KaiserPro 5y ago
    I'm pretty sure that Akamai were one of the survivors of the first dotcom bust.
miyuru 5y ago
They haven't not used Akamai for many years now. They have their own servers on carrier networks, similar to Netflix open connect.
rootsudo 5y ago
You should to be able to do this in the Philippines for unlimited data and to get around carrier induced "Fair Use Policies. ;)