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Re:Equinix is acquiring Packet by DetectiveX on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @11:51AM (#22046602)
They also offer discount pricing for long term contracts and etc. But depends on your use case among other things on whether a long term commitment makes sense.
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Re:Equinix is acquiring Packet by dilyevsky on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @12:02PM (#22046743)
Well so do every other cloud vendor ;) - committed use discount on gcp is 30%
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Re:Equinix is acquiring Packet by DetectiveX on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @12:07PM (#22046784)
Depends of course peoples needs for cloud. Some people need the power of bare metal and that's why most cloud providers are moving to making that an option.
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Re:Equinix is acquiring Packet by dilyevsky on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @12:30PM (#22047017)
Probably mostly for marketing purposes (just to say they have it). Kvm/nitro penalty is within single percentage points these days so 99% of folks out there won’t even know the difference.
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Re:Equinix is acquiring Packet by DetectiveX on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @01:13PM (#22047524)
But generally that 1 percent probably spends a heck of alot of money and pay the people to recognize the difference I'm sure.
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