[cyberax]

One interesting consequence of this is that it's now (for the first time!) possible to get unlimited AWS egress.

It's not cheap, and it's limited to `us-east-1`, but it's at least _possible_ now via AWS Interconnect: https://aws.amazon.com/interconnect/lastmile/pricing/

[trumpdong]

It's not a consequence of this.

And that's their... third... fourth? completely separate system for connecting an AWS virtual network to a physical DC in the outside world?

[cyberax]

Yes, there are several other options. This is the first one that is not metered.

[everfrustrated]

Might not be GB metered, but it is metered by the port-size/Hour at a very heavily marked up rate.

[wmf]

I don't think these things have anything to do with each other.

[cyberax]

I heard from several engineers several years ago that egress was metered because their network did not have enough switching capacity to make it truly unmetered at AWS scale. Looks like this might have been a part of the solution.