UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

LIMELIGHT NETWORKS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		001-33508 (Commission File Number)		20-1677033 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

2220 W. 14^th Street
Tempe AZ 85281
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(602) 850-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 1.01.		Entry Into A Material Definitive Agreement.

     On January 30, 2009, Limelight Networks, Inc. (the “Company”) and Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc., which assumed the rights and obligations of Global Crossing Bandwidth, Inc. as an operation of law (“Global Crossing”) entered into an Amendment #23 (the “Amendment”) to that certain Bandwidth/Capacity Agreement between the Company and Global Crossing dated August 29, 2001, as amended.

     Under the Amendment, the Company agreed to purchase Global Crossing’s wave length services for North America and Europe. Global Crossing’s wave length services are fiber-optic, transponder based, point-to-point circuits between Global Crossing’s points of presence. The Amendment has a forty-eight month term. The Amendment includes a substantial prepayment of service fees by the Company. Under the Amendment, Global Crossing will provide wave length service to the Company covering routes between up to twenty cities in the domestic United States and Europe, and increasing the Company’s IP backbone capacity on certain routes to up to 40 Gbps.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: February 5, 2009