Would you use a global CDN at ~$8/TB with no regional pricing?
I’m evaluating a CDN business idea before building it, and I’d particularly like feedback from hosting providers and people managing meaningful amounts of customer traffic.
The proposed offer:
- ~$8/TB
- same price worldwide
- full global CDN network
- no regional surcharges
- no large monthly commitment
- pay only for actual usage
The underlying delivery would use an established global CDN network rather than a new/self-built network.
The target would probably be customers doing roughly 5–200+ TB/month who want better global coverage than ultra-cheap “volume” CDN tiers, but don’t want enterprise commitments.
For those of you running hosting companies or managing CDN traffic:
Would you actually test something like this with 1–5 TB of real production traffic?
If not, why?
I’m particularly interested in:
- which CDN you currently use
- approximate TB/month
- where most of your traffic goes
- approximate effective $/TB
- what would make you unwilling to switch
I’m looking for reasons this idea doesn't work before I invest in building it.
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