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This is not correct. If you set the correct headers, Cloudflare routinely caches files on their edge servers and serves them from there. My traffic dropped noti

This is not correct. If you set the correct headers, Cloudflare routinely caches files on their edge servers and serves them from there. My traffic dropped noticeably after activating Cloudflare, and I am not doing any file hosting.

revelation 13y ago
I think what is meant is that CloudFlare or no CloudFlare, cat pictures have to be transferred and traffic is generated. imgur will have to pay it either way, even if its CloudFlare doing the delivery.
- linuxydave 13y ago
  You don't pay for the bandwidth CF uses (well, I don't know about their most expensive package but with the others you don't) and using a CDN drastically reduces your bandwidth bill
  - ddorian43 13y ago
    using cdn increases your bandwidth bill cause cdn bandwidth is pricier than your dedicated-server/rack/colo bandwidth
    - DangerousPie 13y ago
      Cloudflare is free.
      - jonknee 13y ago
        Much like your cable modem is "unlimited" bandwidth. It's free until it's not. For Imgur it most certainly would not be free.