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Cloud data transfer is very overpriced, no doubt about it. I'm currently paying 0,017 USD for high quality transfer, with a managed network. I could get even l

Cloud data transfer is very overpriced, no doubt about it. I'm currently paying 0,017 USD for high quality transfer, with a managed network. I could get even lower pricing by switching to 95th-percentile. Maintenance on server hardware is damn cheap with remote hands and hardware warranty. It would cost me over five times as much to use GCP with 50 TB traffic/month, all things considered. Cloud providers are cool, but bandwidth is still very overpriced. Also, your transit prices are way higher that reality, at least for Europe.

mikiem 9y ago
Actually, we just bought bandwidth for a roll out at Equinix in Munich. $0.50 for Cogent (when added to several other 1G commit on 10G ports in our account. A single 1G commit on a single 10G port would cost more) and we were quoted $1.43 for Level 3 after rejecting a $1.70 quote. Both Cogent and Level 3 were 2yr terms, and in an "on net" location. We are going with another provider besides Level 3 there, but I used these as examples in the parent. You thought it was not "reality", and I refute that.