On Thu Aug 18 20:06:01 BST 2016, RS wrote:
It was using the same server,
cp401489-vh.akamaihd.net
"cp401489-vh.akamaihd.net" is just a CDN's server hostname;
it doesn't point to a unique physical server, only.
You can read more about CDNs and Akamai at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akamai_Technologies
So, depending on client's actual location,
different clients may be served by different nodes
(PoP) of the CDN - at least this is how I
interpret it, not being a networks expert, of course ;-(
Regards,
Vangelis.
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