True, but I think they want it this way for a reason. Amazon is really cherry-picking the best part of the colo business with EC2. They get to charge people a

True, but I think they want it this way for a reason. Amazon is really cherry-picking the best part of the colo business with EC2. They get to charge people a decent rate for a moderately powerful server with a public IP address, yet they really don't have to provide much beyond "best effort" availability. 99% uptime is easy, it's those 9's after the decimal point that get costly.