User device and system for traffic management and content distribution over a world wide area network

A service based system for traffic management and content distribution for a plurality of users over a world wide network of computers, the service based system being free from capital expenditure to the plurality of users and being provided on periodic service fees, the system comprising:

• a global traffic management device coupled to a world wide area network, the global traffic management device being provided to load balance traffic for a customer across multiple customer origin sites;
• a content delivery network coupled to the global traffic management device, the content delivery network providing content distribution and delivery of any of:
• static Web page content or streaming media, for the customer;
• a computing device including a computer memory coupled to the global traffic management device;
• and
• an accounting module coupled to the computing device, the accounting module being provided to track a usage of the global traffic management device and the content delivery network for the customer of the global traffic management device and the content delivery network to determine a service fee to the customer of the global traffic management device and the content delivery network for the usage based upon a period time frequency, the accounting module comprising:
• a first code directed to retrieving invoicing information from the computer memory;
• and
• a second code directed to determining a service fee based upon the invoicing information from the computer.