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They’re cheap because they have to buy tons of ingress for their ddos protection product, and bandwidth is sold symmetrically at those volumes, so the egress is
by danielheath 6y ago
They’re cheap because they have to buy tons of ingress for their ddos protection product, and bandwidth is sold symmetrically at those volumes, so the egress is functionally free to them.
- mike_d 6y agoHere is another way to think about it: reset the Cloudflare bank account balances to $0 at the beginning of the month. They provide services and collect payments from customers. At the end of the month when bills come due, all the hand waving and "functionally free" in the world doesn't change the fact they spent more than they made.