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Re:OVH CEO: Unlike Amazon, Google, “we will never be in comp... by closeparen on Saturday March 31, 2018 @07:18PM (#16725685)
Your cheap OVH bandwidth is paid for by overcharging less intensive users. Since Amazon charges exactly what you use, it’s a great deal if you’re below average, and a bad deal if you’re above average.
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Re:OVH CEO: Unlike Amazon, Google, “we will never be in comp... by patrickg_zill on Saturday March 31, 2018 @09:26PM (#16726173)
It's exactly the same model used by fitness clubs worldwide. And Comcast cable Internet, Google Fiber, every DSL provider, even every cellular data provider.

Current true bandwidth costs about $0.50 (50 USD cents) per Mbps, per month, sometimes even less.

Average 1 month usage of a 1Mbps link that has Internet traffic on it is about 175-210GBytes.

Literally less than 1/3rd of 1 penny, per GB of data.

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