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AWS now uses more bandwidth than Amazon.com

• raghus 19y ago
  At first it seemed like S3/EC2 was a way for Amazon to use their spare capacity and CPU cycles by renting overhead out. But now, that supposed sliver is a slice > 50%? That's impressive.
• utnick 19y ago
  wow this is very surprising and impressive. Does anyone have a list of the biggest AWS users?
• gibsonf1 19y ago
  We are extremely satisfied with EC2/S3 for our startup. The service has saved us a great deal of time we would otherwise have had to spend on the hardware side.
  • mrtron 19y ago
    The great thing about the success of EC2/S3 is there are a large number of competitors coming out with similar services. Should help to push prices down, I would stick with zon's because they have been so reliable.
• jsjenkins168 19y ago
  Now, if they would just bring SimpleDB out of closed beta so others can use it...
• toffer 19y ago
  What's interesting is that this happened during the holiday shopping season in the 4th Quarter, which is Amazon's busiest time for its own Web sites.
  • Xichekolas 19y ago
    Probably also the busiest time for their clients too. Long live S3.