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Re:Ask HN: What free or low-cost static site hosting do you ... by falcolas on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @09:32AM (#13022863)
A quick note on the S3/Cloudfront option - make sure you enable "Compress Objects Automatically"; it's not enabled by default and wasn't provided for a long time.

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-gzip-compression-suppor...

You'll save a lot on your bandwidth bill.

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Re:Ask HN: What free or low-cost static site hosting do you ... by colinbartlett on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @10:46AM (#13023360)
You can also set your edge usage to "Use Only US, Canada, and Europe" vs. "Use All Edge Locations" to save money, depending on your performance needs in various geographies.
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Re:Ask HN: What free or low-cost static site hosting do you ... by nitrogen on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @11:06AM (#13023527)
This is probably a better option than storing compressed data in S3 with a hard-coded Content-Encoding header, as it seems some web clients (like the Facebook app) display the raw gzip data.
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