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Re:Megaupload data could be deleted this week by rmc on Monday January 30, 2012 @11:28AM (#3529362)
It could be high, but if no-one's accessing it, then you have no bandwidth costs. Just turn off the machines, and take out the harddrives, and store them somewhere safe. You now don't have to pay for bandwidth, power or cooling. Could be much cheaper than when they were left on and used.
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Re:Megaupload data could be deleted this week by mrtmanning on Monday January 30, 2012 @12:16PM (#3529575)
Thats a good point. Wow imagine how many harddrives they must use, Megaxxxx was huge. Must be a decent % of their revenue gone.
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Re:Megaupload data could be deleted this week by Dylan16807 on Monday January 30, 2012 @01:05PM (#3529846)
Only if they have a sufficiently flexible bandwidth contract.
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Re:Megaupload data could be deleted this week by rmc on Tuesday January 31, 2012 @09:32AM (#3533349)
I'm not saying that MegaUpload need to pay for this, but more of how the hosting company can not destroy evidence and not have to spend a lot of money.
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