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It's free until it isn't anymore

• ffsm8 2y ago
  Egress was pretty much always unmetered until AWS came along. And it still is with most providers other then the usual suspects (AWS,azure, Google cloud)
  • toomuchtodo 2y ago
    Right, Cloudflare is operating in good faith, and while the deal could change (because business is business and sometimes the offering has to change), one should ensure they have other options available for egress from origin. That's not a Cloudflare issue, that's a vendor risk management issue. You should always have alternatives planned if a vendor's specific offering at a price point is a material component of your business costs.
  • theamk 2y ago
    unmetered != unlimited There might not be precise measurement system which bills you by the byte, but many provides monitor (or periodically sample) bandwidth utilization, so and using too much data will catch someone's attention. Example from Hetzer, which claims to provide "unlimited" traffic. https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/180504/hetzner-traffic-use-notice-unlimited-unlimited https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/180504/hetzner-traffic-use... > We will routinely check your traffic use. If we continue to see such a high amount, we may choose to cancel your contract.
    • Aeolun 2y ago
      That’s wonky. If their normal servers include 20TB, why would they consider 250TB on their ‘unlimited’ servers too much. Makes you wonder who they think opts for unlimited servers. If 20TB was enough they clearly wouldn’t.