"""I cannot seem to get an answer from the AWS forum""" - This is because you asked your question in the S3 forum. Someone then replied that you should ask the

"""I cannot seem to get an answer from the AWS forum""" - This is because you asked your question in the S3 forum. Someone then replied that you should ask the same question in the more appropriate EC2 forum, which you did not do. And now you try here ... So, to answer your question: yes, all 'IaaS' services have these problems if you approach them with your attitude and problem solving skills.