alt Hacker NewsEgress pricing of $0.09/GB has been around for over a decade too.
For reference transit cost has dropped over the years and is now about at $0.000247/GB or free if there is a peering agreement with the network the data is sent to.
Egress pricing of $0.09/GB has been around for over a decade too.
For reference transit cost has dropped over the years and is now about at $0.000247/GB or free if there is a peering agreement with the network the data is sent to.
It's the lock-in cost. They don't want you to move all your data out, they want it to remain trapped. Europe forced them to allow a one-time free exit, but you have to negotiate it with them so they're hoping nobody uses it.