SimpleCDN: Revolutionary Business Model or Just a Pyramid Scheme?
Saturday, August 9th, 2008
Just the other day, I stumbled on Yet Another Startup CDN Provider, SimpleCDN. The CDN business has become very crowded as facilities-based carriers (AT&T and Level), start-ups (Limelight, Peer1, Panther Express), and the established leader (Akamai) engaged in a free-for-all over price. SimpleCDN’s value proposition is straightforward: pay a one-time up-front fee based on object size, instead of monthly based on usage. The big question I’m inclined to want answered is: how could this possibly work as a business?