Akamai thinks YES it is, and has put together this really nifty little utility which compares traffic performance on their network versus the public Internet. Interesting twist on marketing – take a look!
Is Akamai better than the Internet?
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What happens to the performance metrics once you incorporate the performance of the tails? After all, isn’t that the drop that poisons the well?