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How is that any different from any other provider? If you have a link from an ISP and block it at your router, security appliance, WAF, etc, you are still char
by redm 9y ago
How is that any different from any other provider? If you have a link from an ISP and block it at your router, security appliance, WAF, etc, you are still charged for it. In this case, Cloudflare is going to be "charged" for it so they attribute the cost to the destination IP.
I assume the same would be true with Argo disabled? If traffic comes in for your IP, its going to be billed to you.
- detaro 9y agoIf I understand Argo correctly, you're basically paying extra for CloudFlare to send the traffic from their first PoP to the backends through their own network as much as possible instead over the public internet. The traffic to the first PoP happens both with and without Argo, so it shouldn't add extra cost over the normal plans. The question then is if the traffic filtering does happen at the first PoP (and thus wouldn't use resources inside the cloudflare network, which is what you're paying the Argo fee for), or if it has to be sent on and is only filtered later.
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- blfr 9y agoWithout Argo, Cloudflare doesn't bill you per gigabyte.
- redm 9y agoAh, Cloudflare doesn't bill you per GB as long as your usage fits into the normal plans. I use Cloudflare and I have a per GB limit/billing without Argo.
- kyledrake 9y agoWhat are these limits and what is not "normal"? I'm very curious what makes Cloudflare start charging you on a bandwidth basis. And what are you paying per GB?
- foobarbazetc 9y agoThat's not how most people using CloudFlare think about it since their plans are flat rate. So when you sign up for this you just expect to pay whatever shows up in your dashboard under bandwidth * 10 cents. It is surprising to be billed for blocked traffic.