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I'm kind of amazed that AWS is the cheapest on this list, as they're typically the first example people give when they talk about overcharging for bandwidth. W
by tedivm 3y ago
I'm kind of amazed that AWS is the cheapest on this list, as they're typically the first example people give when they talk about overcharging for bandwidth.
When I worked at Malwarebytes between 2008 and 2014 we measured our bandwidth in petabytes, but it was still only about $25k/month. This was obviously a custom contract, but it really is interesting how bandwidth pricing has remained relatively static over the last decade.
- andrenotgiant 3y agoYeah I think the list is only highlighting the worst offenders. It would be more useful to also include the cheap VPS providers mentioned later, that would be: - Scaleway: $0 - Hetzner: ~$490 _(article says bandwidth is free but I think above 20TB it's charged at 1 Euro/TB)_ - DigitalOcean/Vultr: ~$5k depending on compute usage _(you get a free bandwidth allowance based on compute)_
- Aachen 3y agoHow far does the FUP go on that 0$ offer, though? It doesn't say on the pricing page, VPS info page, or the various pdf documents with terms and conditions. Maybe you need to sign up and get to the ordering page before you can see the conditions applying to your VPS or maybe I overlooked it, but this is where I stopped looking
- andrenotgiant 3y agoGreat question. "Free Bandwidth" is almost worse than cheap bandwidth because in reality it means: "Secret bandwidth pricing/limiting"
- hodgesrm 3y agoJust to be clear, was Malwarebytes using AWS?
- tedivm 3y agoWe used a combination of CDNs and balanced according to region (some were better in Australia than others, for instance).