>Amazon operates on a scale where they can handle this type of thing My point is that by "handle this sort of thing" in the context of ec2, means "charge you

>Amazon operates on a scale where they can handle this type of thing My point is that by "handle this sort of thing" in the context of ec2, means "charge you for the traffic and pass it through" which some times is just fine; but quite often it still means a denial of service, if it doesn't bring down your servers, it will eventually bring down your bank account. I mean, I don't know about you, but at north of $350 an hour, my bank account isn't going to last long.