On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 19:18:29 -0000, Warren Bailey said: Reversing a few paragraphs to make a point.
We strive to provide a great customer experience, and when "Hardware Maker X" decides to roll updates .. It can screw us. In this case, can means absolutely will happen.
I mean, would it be THAT hard to enable a bonjour update server on an apple router/computer/whatever and serve things up locally from there? I've had many replies to this email already, and people are talking about upgrading bandwidth and CDN's
So why didn't you?
Things are not created equal amongst internet providers, a transponder (90mbps ish) runs us close to 160k a month and that's not including gear costs, teleport, etc.
And you pay Apple *how* much to guarantee that they don't do things that upset the business model you consciously chose to use? Oh, you don't pay them? And your users pay *you* to ensure that when they hit 'Download', that magical things happen? And iOS downloads are user pulls, not Apple pushes? Sounds to me like you and your users need to have a chat about what they pay for and what their expectations should be.....