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I can't help but think "so what" if they are list prices. That is how we should compare them is by list prices. If AWS, GCP, and others don't want to have their

by graton 6y ago

I can't help but think "so what" if they are list prices. That is how we should compare them is by list prices. If AWS, GCP, and others don't want to have their pricing appear to be exorbitant then they should adjust their list prices. Also what percentage of their total customers are not paying list price? Is it more than 10%, 20%, 30%? I know that me as an individual I will be paying list prices. And the problem with not comparing list prices is that of course you can have two or more companies getting discounts with the exact same bandwidth who will be paying vastly different rates.

user5994461 6y ago
Do not compare on list prices for large companies like that. Comparing on list prices is a huge mistake from developers (and young folks new to running a company), because developers hate sales and negotiating and talking to people. Everything above some volume has to be negotiated with suppliers. In a video company doing 1 000 000 TB of transfer per month, you gotta negotiate with every provider for bandwidth, that's just the way it is. Just like if you were working for a plane company, you wouldn't be buying fuel from the station down the street.