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Re:Hetzner raises prices while significantly lowering bandwi... by matt-p on Friday November 29, 2024 @02:12PM (#42276227)
kind of true except if you've got 1000's of customers it all evens out and your traffic profile is actually quite smooth if you've got say 6 X 100G transits, 4 X 100G IXP ports and 5 X 100G PNIs then the impact of an individual 1G customer is not even noticeable, honestly. We can work to 1Mbps 95%ile being about 250GB of total transfer at scale.
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Re:Hetzner raises prices while significantly lowering bandwi... by oarsinsync on Saturday November 30, 2024 @12:39PM (#42282854)
I completely agree. The product being sold has only a loose connection to the cost incurred by the provider. This is why the product being sold is being sold in a vague / loose-ish way, because for the overwhelming majority of customers, the product being sold can be sold for a profit.
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