3 ms·

> That's likely a selling point to attract people to the competition. "Look, our bandwidth is free!" But bandwidth is free in intra-node traffic, isn't it? I m

> That's likely a selling point to attract people to the competition. "Look, our bandwidth is free!" But bandwidth is free in intra-node traffic, isn't it? I mean, in some scenarios this traffic doesn't even leave the server. What does localhost traffic cost you?

sitkack 4y ago
ssssh! If the FTC did their job, the way Cloud providers priced bandwidth would drastically change across the board. How much does Google pay for bandwidth? What percentage of the backbone do they own/lease/run?
- re-thc 4y ago
  They will just charge you with some other fee.