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> and “not planning to pay AWS at the end of October for August usage ($7M).” This gave me a flashback to a long time ago, when we couldn’t pay an AWS bill for

> and “not planning to pay AWS at the end of October for August usage ($7M).” This gave me a flashback to a long time ago, when we couldn’t pay an AWS bill for a couple grand. Makes me wonder what the largest unpaid AWS bill looks like, and whose it was.

jeeyoungk 3y ago
FTX/Alameda also had unpaid AWS bill of ~single digit millions.
maartenscholl 3y ago
I'd be interested to know if Amazon has a client risk group, because I've seen a few of such large monthly bills, and I sure hope they don't settle these in arrears at such a low frequency as monthly payments.
- gregmac 3y ago
  I imagine there's limits in how much you can owe without a track record of paying your bills? I find it hard to imagine a new account could rack up a bill of a few million dollars in the first month without AWS batting an eye.
- htrp 3y ago
  They quota lock you for billing history issues
unclebucknasty 3y ago
I'd be interested to see what Amazon's actual costs were on that bill. Their overall operating margins are around 30%, but it would be interesting to see the cost / revenue line items on a bill like this one.
brcmthrowaway 3y ago
It would cost way less than 7M to build from scratch whatever they are using AWS for