Can anyone explain this

[PSGameDude33]

Why does Google global cache go through level3 carrier but akamai goes through novocom limited?

[Trave160]

Why does Google global cache go through level3 carrier but akamai goes through novocom limited?

Both are different, Google is a first party for first party servers like YouTube, Google.com, Gmail etc and Akamai gives CDN cache for third party. Basically almost everywhere

[Véиòmøûs Vàmþý]

Why does Google global cache go through level3 carrier but akamai goes through novocom limited?

i think your ISP buy the YouTube bandwidth from level 3 and facebook from novocom.

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Can you please ping static.ak.fbcdn.net

C:\Users\Lenovo>ping static.ak.fbcdn.net


Pinging a749.dsw4.akamai.net [163.53.140.168] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 163.53.140.168: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=56
Reply from 163.53.140.168: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=56
Reply from 163.53.140.168: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=56
Reply from 163.53.140.168: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=56


Ping statistics for 163.53.140.168:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 5ms, Maximum = 8ms, Average = 5ms


C:\Users\Lenovo>

here's mine

[_batman]

Can you please ping static.ak.fbcdn.net

C:\Users\Lenovo>ping static.ak.fbcdn.net


Pinging a749.dsw4.akamai.net [163.53.140.168] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 163.53.140.168: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=56
Reply from 163.53.140.168: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=56
Reply from 163.53.140.168: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=56
Reply from 163.53.140.168: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=56


Ping statistics for 163.53.140.168:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 5ms, Maximum = 8ms, Average = 5ms


C:\Users\Lenovo>

To my understanding, Facebook uses akamai to deliver static content (such as images).