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This company has been around for decades and is a major market contributor, they make the internet faster. You've probably just seeing their accelerator.
I have an idea of what you may be seeing - as they have a download accelerator that when you go to certain popular web sites for software or updates (Quicken, Microsoft, et cetera) it may prompt you to download an accelerator (netsession) , which helps speed that download and future downloads of that software and your future downloads from other companies that also are delivered via Akamai which are many. You may find the additional speed overall useful to you - as Akamai delivers 22% of the internet, a significant portion.
That said, your local firewall may be prompting you with a warning about it or something... you can opt to not install the accelerator and you can remove it if you really want. I don't recommend the latter because it's speeding up your own experience and fairly harmless. but in case you want to read more about it just Google "remove netsession" .
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What does akamai do?
Akamai is a company that has developed a global array of interconnected servers that cache content supplied by its Internet customers. This way the content is physically much closer to the Internet user who wants to access it. Big companies purchase Akamai's service to speed up the upload time of their pages. Akamai makes uses of a specialized DNS servers and high caching webservers to lower latency for end users.
Will faster Internet pipes eliminate the need for companies like Akamai that cache content closer to Internet users?
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Why does akamai need to geographically disperse its services to deliver its customers Web content?
- The biggest reason is to devise faster routes for information to travel. Akamai has over 73,000 servers on nearly 1000 networks in 70 countries around the world. In 2010, Akamai delivers between 15% and 30% of all Web traffic, and hundreds of million of daily Internet interaction.
What is the population of Akamai Technologies?
The population of Akamai Technologies is 2,380.
When was Akamai Technologies created?
Akamai Technologies was created in 1998.
When was Akamai Foundation created?
Akamai Foundation was created in 2001.
What is wise in hawaiian?
akamai
What is clever in hawaiian?
Akamai
How do you say i am smart in hawaiian?
To say "I am smart" in Hawaiian, you would say "ʻO ia he akamai au."
Where is the headquarters for Akamai Technologies?
Akamai Technologies is a company that provides Internet network. The headquarters are located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1998.
What does akamai mean in hawaiian?
smart or clever
What is akamaihd.net?
Akamaihd.net is a domain used by Akamai Technologies, a content delivery network (CDN) that provides cloud services for delivering, optimizing, and securing content and applications. The "hd" in the domain typically indicates that it is associated with high-definition video streaming. Websites and applications often use Akamai's services to enhance the speed and reliability of content delivery to users around the world.
