[NightlyDev]

Cloud data transfer is very overpriced, no doubt about it.

I'm currently paying 0,017 USD for high quality transfer, with a managed network. I could get even lower pricing by switching to 95th-percentile. Maintenance on server hardware is damn cheap with remote hands and hardware warranty.

It would cost me over five times as much to use GCP with 50 TB traffic/month, all things considered.

Cloud providers are cool, but bandwidth is still very overpriced.

Also, your transit prices are way higher that reality, at least for Europe.

[mikiem]

Actually, we just bought bandwidth for a roll out at Equinix in Munich. $0.50 for Cogent (when added to several other 1G commit on 10G ports in our account. A single 1G commit on a single 10G port would cost more) and we were quoted $1.43 for Level 3 after rejecting a $1.70 quote. Both Cogent and Level 3 were 2yr terms, and in an "on net" location. We are going with another provider besides Level 3 there, but I used these as examples in the parent. You thought it was not "reality", and I refute that.