Celebrating 3 Years of Amazon S3 with 3 Months of Transfer-In for 3 Cents/GB(aws.amazon.com)
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Celebrating 3 Years of Amazon S3 with 3 Months of Transfer-In for 3 Cents/GB
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Man, S3 is 3 years old already? I'm not sure whether to feel old or wonder where those years went. Feels like they launched just last year.
Since the gigabit+ links they are paying for are symmetric, that is, they can move the same amount of data in both directions, I will make the assumption that Amazon's "outbound" traffic is less than their "inbound" and thus, an increase of inbound up to a certain point costs them nothing.
Also, transfer-in means that in order to get any use out of it, you now have to transfer-out (another charge).
Not being critical, just pointing out that this is a bit of a "give the razor for free, sell the razor blades" strategy.
Also, transfer-in means that in order to get any use out of it, you now have to transfer-out (another charge).
Not being critical, just pointing out that this is a bit of a "give the razor for free, sell the razor blades" strategy.
Not really, since the blades are still cheap.
We’ll be offering “data transfer in” to Amazon S3 for only
$0.03 per GB (vs. the standard $0.10) for 3 months, April through June.
It applies to everyone. You're thinking of transfer out, which begins at $0.17/GB and works its way down to $0.10/GB, as you spend more. For transfer in, the standard price of $0.10/GB applies from the very beginning.
This could be a significant boost to backup companies that use S3, as they probably have way more transfer in than out.
I hope this isn't an April Fool's joke!
LOL you folks crack me up, downmodding me for that!
"Just kidding, we're not really lowering our prices! Joke's on you, customers! Haha!"