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AT&T and Level 3 Communications scored well in a recent assessment of content delivery network providers conducted by Yankee Group, taking fourth and fifth place, respectively, in the crowded market.
Ranked by a long list of criteria, including "innovation," "openness" and "usability," the two carriers were categorized as "contenders," surpassing pure-play CDNs such as BitGravity and Highwinds and trailing only three market leaders: Akamai, EdgeCast and Limelight.
AT&T's still-growing CDN offering now reaches 33 points of presence, mostly inside its domestic footprint. But the carrier's real strong suit, according to...