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                                                                    Exhibit 23.2


            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated January 29, 2004, except for Note 21,
as to which the date is February 19, 2004 relating to the consolidated financial
statements, which appears in Akamai Technologies, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. We also consent to the incorporation
by reference of our report dated January 29, 2004 relating to the financial
statement schedules, which appears in such Annual Report on Form 10-K.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
June 14, 2004



