A method, comprising: receiving, at a computing device, a request for content from a client device; identifying, by the computing device, a first server for serving the content to the client device; transmitting first and second manifest files (201, 202), by the computing device to the client device, to facilitate the client device obtaining the content, wherein the first manifest file provides variant uniform resource identifiers, URIs, for each of a plurality of variants of the content, each variant of the content corresponds to different bitrate versions of the content, at least one of the variant URIs corresponds to the second manifest file, and the second manifest file includes: a first URI providing a first identifier for a first segment of a plurality of segments of the content, wherein the first URI includes a first domain name, and wherein the first domain name is associated with the first server; a second URI providing a second identifier for a second segment of the plurality of segments of the content, wherein the second URI includes a second domain name, wherein the second domain name is associated with the first server, and wherein the second domain name is different from the first domain name; and a third URI providing a third identifier for a third segment of the plurality of segments of the content, wherein the third URI includes a third domain name, wherein the third domain name is associated with the first server, and wherein the third domain name is different from the first domain name and the second domain name; receiving, at an authoritative name server in communication with the computing device, a first domain name resolution request for the second domain name; identifying, by the authoritative name server, a first time associated with the first domain name resolution request; receiving, at the authoritative name server, a second domain name resolution request for the third domain name; identifying, by the authoritative name server, a second time associated with the second domain name resolution request; and determining, by the computing device, using the first time and the second time, a network characteristic associated with the client device. receiving, at a computing device, a request for content from a client device; identifying, by the computing device, a first server for serving the content to the client device; transmitting first and second manifest files (201, 202), by the computing device to the client device, to facilitate the client device obtaining the content, wherein the first manifest file provides variant uniform resource identifiers, URIs, for each of a plurality of variants of the content, each variant of the content corresponds to different bitrate versions of the content, at least one of the variant URIs corresponds to the second manifest file, and the second manifest file includes: a first URI providing a first identifier for a first segment of a plurality of segments of the content, wherein the first URI includes a first domain name, and wherein the first domain name is associated with the first server; a second URI providing a second identifier for a second segment of the plurality of segments of the content, wherein the second URI includes a second domain name, wherein the second domain name is associated with the first server, and wherein the second domain name is different from the first domain name; and a third URI providing a third identifier for a third segment of the plurality of segments of the content, wherein the third URI includes a third domain name, wherein the third domain name is associated with the first server, and wherein the third domain name is different from the first domain name and the second domain name; a first URI providing a first identifier for a first segment of a plurality of segments of the content, wherein the first URI includes a first domain name, and wherein the first domain name is associated with the first server; a second URI providing a second identifier for a second segment of the plurality of segments of the content, wherein the second URI includes a second domain name, wherein the second domain name is associated with the first server, and wherein the second domain name is different from the first domain name; and a third URI providing a third identifier for a third segment of the plurality of segments of the content, wherein the third URI includes a third domain name, wherein the third domain name is associated with the first server, and wherein the third domain name is different from the first domain name and the second domain name; receiving, at an authoritative name server in communication with the computing device, a first domain name resolution request for the second domain name; identifying, by the authoritative name server, a first time associated with the first domain name resolution request; receiving, at the authoritative name server, a second domain name resolution request for the third domain name; identifying, by the authoritative name server, a second time associated with the second domain name resolution request; and determining, by the computing device, using the first time and the second time, a network characteristic associated with the client device.