But do you need AWS' custom "GLOBAL" private network? I bet most would be happy to setup a cheap network tunnel between DCs if needed. There is plenty of existi

But do you need AWS' custom "GLOBAL" private network? I bet most would be happy to setup a cheap network tunnel between DCs if needed. There is plenty of existing tools to do all that for free (other than sysadmin work and I bet in a lot of cases even then the bill goes in favor of that). I'm not buying a porsche and complaining about the price, I'm buying a car and complain it requires me to drive on roads made by the manufacturer and none of the parts are properly standardized and some things are expensive for no good reason.