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		neworbit on June 30, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AWS drops bandwidth pricing Good lord, about time. Why was incoming bandwidth ever on the list?

mestudent on June 30, 2011 [–]

Because incoming still takes up bandwidth so it makes sense to count it is such. I however do remember it being free at some point in time.

zepolen on July 1, 2011 | [–]

It's in their best interest to get as much in as possible considering they charge for storage and deletion.

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