Dan Rayburn 2014 CDN Video Pricing Survey

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Dan Rayburn is collecting industry pricing data from customers who used third party content delivery networks for the delivery of video. He would appreciate your feedback on these 15 questions. (previous pricing survey data can be found at www.cdnpricing.com)

All results will be shared, free of charge, if you include your email at the end of the survey and you will be entered into a drawing to win an Apple TV, Roku 3 and Kindle Fire.

1. When it comes to your video content, which industry vertical does your company best fall under?

Media and Entertainment

Broadcast

Enterprise (Financial/Govt./Corporate)

MSO/ISP

Faith Based

Hosting/Consultant/Reseller

Other:

Clear selection

2. What is your contract length for video CDN services?

No Contract

12 Months

18 Months

24 Months

36 Months

Other:

Clear selection

3. If you have a contract for CDN services, when did you last renew it?

In 2014

First half of 2013

Second half of 2013

Don't have contract

Other:

Clear selection

4. Is your CDN contract for video bundled with other non-video CDN services like DSA, app acceleration and software downloads?

Yes

Clear selection

5. How much has your price for video delivery declined versus your previous contract?

Flat

Down 0-10%

Down 11-20%

Down 21-30%

Down 31-40%

Down more than 40%

Other:

Clear selection

6. How much do you expect your total video traffic with CDNs to grow this year versus last year?

(VIDEO traffic only)

0-20%

20-50%

50-100%

100-200%

200-300%

Over 300%

Clear selection

7. On a yearly basis, how much do you spend with CDNs for the delivery of video?

Less than $100K

$100K - $250K

$250K - $500K

$500K - $1M

Over $1M

Clear selection

8. On average, how much video do you deliver per month?

(select either per GB delivered OR per Mbps sustained)

Per GB: Under 500TB

Per GB: 500 - 1000TB

Per GB: 1PB - 3PB

Per GB: 3PB - 5PB

Per GB: 5PB - 7PB

Per GB: Over 7PB+

Don't Know

Per MBPS: Under 100Mbps

Per MBPS: 100 - 300Mbps

Per MBPS: 300 - 500Mbps

Per MBPS: 500 - 700Mbps

Per MBPS: 700 - 900Mbps

Per MBPS: Over 900Mbps+

Other:

Clear selection

9. On average, how much do you pay per GB delivered OR per Mbps sustained for video delivery, across all regions combined?

(select either per GB delivered OR per Mbps sustained)

Per GB: less than $0.01 (one cent)

Per GB: $0.01 - $0.02 (one to two cents)

Per GB: $0.02 - $0.03 (two to three cents)

Per GB: $0.03 - $0.04 (three to four cents)

Per GB: $0.04 - $0.05 (four to five cents)

Per GB: More than $0.05 (five cents)

Don't Know

Per MBPS: less than $1 (one dollar)

Per MBPS: $1 - $2 (one to two dollars)

Per MBPS: $2 - $3 (two to three dollars)

Per MBPS: $3 - $4 (three to four dollars)

Per MBPS: $4 - $5 (four to five dollars)

Per MBPS: More than $5 (five dollars)

Clear selection

10. Which CDN vendor(s) do you use for the delivery of video?

(please select all that apply)

Akamai

Amazon

EdgeCast

Highwinds

Level 3

Limelight Networks

Microsoft (Windows Azure)

CDN Reseller

Other:

11. What CDN Quality Of Service (QoS) performance metrics matter most to you?

(Select all that apply)

Availability

Latency

Throughput

Performance relative to my origin server

Other:

12. What granularity would be helpful for Quality Of Service (QoS) measurement?

(Select all that apply)

By Country/State

By ISP

By Cellular vs Broadband

By Device or Browser Type

13. What time increment for Quality Of Service (QoS) reporting would be useful?

(Select all that apply)

Monthly averages

Daily averages

Hourly averages

By the minute

14. Who do you use to monitor CDN Service Level Agreement (SLA) compliance?

(pick all that apply)

We don’t have an SLA

We don’t monitor

My CDN provides a report

Keynote

Gomez

Catchpoint

Soasta

Pingdom

Cedexis

Other:

15. Have you made any CDN SLA violation claims in the last year?

No, no issues

No, but we should have

Yes, we had one or two

Yes, we made a bunch of claims

Clear selection

In your opinion, what is the one thing your CDN vendor(s) needs to improve on?

If you would like to receive a copy of the results and be entered into a drawing to win an Apple TV, Roku 3 and Kindle Fire, please enter your email address below.

If you have any questions about the going rate for CDN pricing or would like access to current or previous pricing data for video, dynamic content delivery, transit, or app acceleration, please contact me at any time. Dan Rayburn, 917-523-4562, mail@danrayburn.com

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