I know quite a few companies who rely on Akami's services... Their decision to discontinue their broadband relationship with Al Jazeera will not go unpunished. I'll confirm this report, if it is true, then I'll be working to get the word out to my Silicon Valley contacts. If they want to play that game, then I think there are a few of us who can give Akami a fight.
-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-admin at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-admin at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of Doug Henwood Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 12:42 PM To: lbo-talk Subject: [lbo-talk] AJ news
At 3:56 PM -0500 4/4/03, CBS MarketWatcher wrote:
>ENGLISH AL JAZZERA SITE MAY BE LIVE
>
>Doha, Qatar (CBS.MW) - The English language Web site of Aljazeera was
>online early Friday. A relaunch of the week-old site
>(http://english.aljazeera.net/) followed hacker attacks which blocked
>its availability. "We hope very much it will stay, but there's no
>guarantee," Joanne Tucker, managing editor, told the Wall Street
>Journal.
>
>But there may be more trouble ahead. Akamai Technologies (AKAM) gave
>Al Jazeera notice it will not provide Web connectivity and hosting
>services. Akamai was brought on after last week's troubles, but backed
>out. "We ultimately decided not to continue a customer relationship
>with Al Jazeera," an Akami spokesman told The New York Times. Tucker
>said, "It doesn't derail us." She said the site can function as long as
>hackers don't focus on one server. She said Akamai's decision to
>withhold services was due to "nonstop political pressure."
>
>At mid-morning, the site was not readily accessible.
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