Story update: An Amazon spokesperson says "For a single request the billable peak rate is the size of the archive, divided by four hours, minus the pro-rated 5%

Story update: An Amazon spokesperson says "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." From tc's excellent analysis http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4412886 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4412886 ---- In that case, the math would work as follows: After uploading 3TB (3 * 2^40 bytes) as a single archive, your retrieval allowance would be 153.6 GB/mo (3TB * 5%), or 5.12 GB/day (3TB * 5% / 30). Assuming this one retrieval was the only retrieval of the day, and as it's a single archive you can't break it into smaller pieces, your billable peak hourly retrieval would be 3072 GB - 5.12 GB = 3066.88 GB. Thus your retrieval fee would be 3066.88 * 720 * .01 = $22081.535 (719x your monthly storage fee). ---- Using the new Amazon (unexplained) numbers... The billable peak hourly retrieval would be (3072 GB / 4) - 5.12 GB = 768 GB - 5.12 GB = 762.88 GB. Thus your retrieval fee would be 762.88 * 720 * .01 = $5492.74. Still pretty expensive.