Read the case Akamai Technologies: Attempting to Keep Supply Ahead of Demand on pp. 178–181 of your text. Respond to the following.
Part A: Discuss the evolution and future of e-commerce.
Part B: Why does Akamai need to geographically disperse its servers to deliver its customers’ web content?
Part C: If you wanted to deliver software content over the Internet, would you sign up for Akamai’s service? Why or why not?
Part D: Do you think Internet users should be charged based on the amount of bandwidth they consume, or a tiered plan where users would pay in rough proportion to their usage?