A spokesperson for AWS confirmed this for me for an article [1] I wrote for Wired: "For a single request the billable peak rate is the size of the archive, divi

A spokesperson for AWS confirmed this for me for an article [1] I wrote for Wired: "For a single request the billable peak rate is the size of the archive, divided by four hours, minus the pro-rated 5% free tier." [1] http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/08/glacier/ http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/08/glacier/