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If you send 10Gbit/s to an ISP you have to pay for transit to reach it. But if you send 100Gbit/s+ the ISP suddenly is willing to not only peer for free with yo
by bauruine 2y ago
If you send 10Gbit/s to an ISP you have to pay for transit to reach it. But if you send 100Gbit/s+ the ISP suddenly is willing to not only peer for free with you but may even host the servers for you in their data center for free. [0][1][2] So yes being bigger can absolutely save you costs.
[0]: https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/peering-portal/ https://www.cloudflare.com/partners/peering-portal/
[1]: https://openconnect.netflix.com/en/ https://openconnect.netflix.com/en/
[2]: https://support.google.com/interconnect/answer/9058809?hl=en https://support.google.com/interconnect/answer/9058809?hl=en
- tomnipotent 2y agoDon't forget about the Bandwidth Alliance, which is agreements for free or cheap egress between peers. https://www.cloudflare.com/bandwidth-alliance/ https://www.cloudflare.com/bandwidth-alliance/
- YetAnotherNick 2y agoCan't you just send random generated packets. Or by requesting content from other hosting provider with free or cheap egress. Or sending to another hosting provider.
- gr3ml1n 2y agoSending random packets at another AS just results in your traffic being blocked. The network engineers running these systems are smart, and the community is surprisingly small.