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> the whole reason [existing users] went to Linode was to avoid incumbents. Sounds like you just identified a tranche of customers Akamai doesn’t care about.
by donavanm 4y ago
> the whole reason [existing users] went to Linode was to avoid incumbents.
Sounds like you just identified a tranche of customers Akamai doesn’t care about. As everyone else in the comments is pointing out Akamai doesn’t want your $1000/mo. It’s a waste of their time. They want customers who are eager to talk private pricing plans and $1M commits. And I expect the linked infra/team will now be providing services that those $MM customers want.
- scandox 4y agoThat is the reverse of my experience with Akamai. Doing business with them in the thousands per month and they're very good.
- donavanm 4y agoHuh. Ok, I admit I’m a bit surprised by the counter example but fair enough. My experience was more competing with them for the big dollar “enterprise” accounts I described.
- acdha 4y agoI used them for years in the thousands of dollars per month range. They were perfectly happy with that arrangement.