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When I started to blog on social media and had a few followers, everything suited me. Then I started promoting my services, and social media functionality was no longer useful. 

I decided to build a website to process the orders. It also annoys me that the quality of photos and videos is constantly being cut. I use such expensive photography equipment, yet the quality is awful anyway. I have a standard blogging set: a lot of photos and videos, and I plan to stream, also. Therefore, page loading speed and points of presence in several countries were important to me.

It's very good that G-Core has a trial with the ability to test all the functions. They have a bunch of tier plans, and when starting, it may not be clear which features you need and which you don’t. 

Also, I wanted to test if their hosting is really as fast as they say and if there are any glitches. 

While there was little traffic on my site, I used a free CDN plan for several months and bought hosting. 

Everything works great from the first day of use. Now, I have already switched over to another tier, as the traffic has increased

G-Core is the second provider I use. There were problems with streaming, although the number of people at that time was small. The video constantly dragged, and there were problems with buffering. That’s the biggest improvement for me, as far as all my work is related. I'm now showing a high-quality and good-looking picture. After I started using G-Core, this problem with low-quality images disappeared. 

I also monitor the statistics of devices from which my content is viewed the most, and it’s good that there is a traffic-splitting function. 

The support is amazing! They solve the issues on the fly. In the beginning, I had some problems and used their support a lot.

When I was setting up a website, I did not have a specialist who would help me to understand what settings I needed or didn't need at all. I’ve read a lot of information to understand what exactly is appropriate for my blog. It would be great if there were a section on the provider's website that shows a set of services for a particular business. It would be helpful to have some kind of checklist of services that are suitable for your blog, which are required, and which can be set up later. While it's great that there are trial periods and user-friendly interfaces, still, you can go crazy.

I have used the solution for more than a year.

I previously used Cloudflare.

I'd advise others to use the trial to understand your needs.

I jumped in from Cloudflare, and I am happy.

The geolocation feature is very important because many colleagues travel worldwide and need to access information from anywhere. The product has improved security. 

Windows Azure CDN should lower its prices. 

I have been using the product for eight years. 

Windows Azure CDN is stable. 

The tool is scalable. It can be used by smaller or big businesses, depending on your needs.

We do not use technical support. We have technical personnel on site. Our colleagues are certified, and we do everything on our own.

Windows Azure CDN's deployment is very easy. However, if you are setting everything up at a company level, you need to adapt to many things, so it would take considerable time to make everything functional again. Similarly, transferring from on-premise to the cloud will take some time. It depends on the case, but you cannot set it up in just a few days.

The pricing of the solution depends on usage and varies based on the company's needs. If you want additional features like advanced logging, it will be pricier. However, it could be cheaper if you don't need those features. It all depends on the resources and requirements.

Everything is improving daily and changing fast, so you need to adapt to that. I think it's going in the right direction. The tool suits more enterprise customers. I can't suggest the tool to anyone because they need to understand what they are doing and know their business needs. It's not like buying a simple product; it has a business impact. If someone needs it, they should ask for a demonstration and decide if it fits their needs.

I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.