Re:Netlify just sent me a $104K bill for a simple static site
by coryrc on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @12:17PM
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Traffic doesn't cost money. Bandwidth costs money. Unused bandwidth doesn't cost less than used bandwidth. So, no, you shouldn't pay so much for something that doesn't cost them any money?
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Re:Netlify just sent me a $104K bill for a simple static site
by dboreham on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @12:34PM
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> Traffic doesn't cost money.
Mostly false. Either transit is billed on a 95th%ile basis (so...more money for more traffic), or if it is flat/netted, you're still paying for the capex for the switch ports (fatter connection to support more traffic means more $$$ for the gear to support it).
Re:Netlify just sent me a $104K bill for a simple static site
by jrockway on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @04:13PM
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What switch port costs $105,000 a month?
Re:Netlify just sent me a $104K bill for a simple static site
by coryrc on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @05:59PM
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At Netlify scale, it'll be the latter. And the appropriate thing to do with free-tier traffic is set lower QoS so it doesn't interfere with paid traffic. This, it doesn't have cost.
You can say "the sum total of free-tier traffic requires X additional connections" but the sudden burst of DoS traffic did not raise marginal costs (besides an inconsequential usage of electricity).