QwertzOne t1_iucrsxl wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:20 AM

Ok, hold on, so why cloud providers like AWS charge insane money for data transfer?

trillospin t1_iue8hvy wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:43 PM

They charge for egress.

They want you to keep everything in AWS, don't use services by other providers.

They don't pay for transit between AWS data centres.

nyaaaa t1_iuer7jf wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:45 PM

To make money.

RaveNdN t1_iuct1ih wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:37 AM

Because who else is going to do it. Amazon has a scary amount of the world’s information and can charge an insanely high amount to Protect it.

QwertzOne t1_iucuaxp wrote on October 30, 2022 at 10:54 AM

I actually wonder, what's the actual cost for Amazon to use European network infrastructure, how does it work currently. Let's say that Amazon bills $0.1/GB for data transfer from VM to internet, how much goes to telecoms, if they complain about additional pressure on network infrastructure? I would actually want to see some concrete data, because both Amazon and telecoms are greedy, but to what degree?

DRM2020 t1_iudua0h wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:07 PM

Amazon and others have to pay for the infrastructure or build it partially thus there are costs related to data transfer.

Paying by volume is fair, price is the question. Avoiding monopoly is the safest answer. Same goes for search, social media, and any other sector.

Andrethegreengiant3 t1_iucygwr wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:46 AM

Google or Microsoft or Oracle