1. Apparatus associated with a content delivery network (CDN), the CDN deployed, operated and managed by a content delivery network service provider (CDNSP), comprising: a set of processors; and computer memory associated with each processor and holding computer program instructions that when executed by the processor comprise a content server, the content servers executing on the processors together comprising a private content delivery network associated with a network service provider (NSP) entity distinct from the CDNSP, where the private content delivery network enables the NSP entity to provide content delivery to content providers associated with the NSP entity; the content servers in the private content delivery network providing the content providers associated with the entity on-net content delivery over the private content delivery network; and one or more machines associated with the private content delivery network for managing content server data collection for the private content delivery network, for managing billing for the private content delivery network, and for providing a network operations center (NOC) for the private content delivery network.