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A content delivery platform and method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the content delivery platform comprises one or more client devices, each of the one or more client devices having memory for storing an application and one or more processors to execute the application; and a first device having a physically local content cache to store content to be served directly to the one or more client devices, each of the one or more client devices, in response to executing the application with the one or more processors, operable to: automatically detect presence of the first device; automatically connect to the first device; request content from the first device; obtain the content from the first device; and disconnect from the first device after receiving the content from the first device.