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The Public Cloud Is Starting To Look Like A Rip-Off; + more notable news

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tc1uscg
join:2005-03-09
Gulfport, MS

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tc1uscg

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T-Mobile to Charge $35 "no mater what"

Ok, Changing a SIM or eSIM on an existing line. Thats SOMETHING I would have a problem with if it's ever implemented. It doesn't cost them anything for ME to swap out a sim from one phone to another.
ohreally
join:2014-11-21

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Public cloud

I'm glad the dam is finally starting to break on this fad. The idea makes a lot of sense when used as originally intended, as a way to "flex" your infrastructure needs for short term demands, like when you're a popular online retailer having a sale. It makes much less sense when you put all of your eggs into their basket.

It says it all that there are consultancies which exist solely to figure out how to bring your cloud bill down. That suggests the business model is rather broken.

I have to deal with this nonsense internally. We are a company that owns facilities. We do not need to use someone else's. But we have execs who have swallowed the BS and think we need to move towards Amazon, Google or MS. It doesn't matter to them that a server in one of our racks actually turns out to be cheaper to run and much more flexible - and we can use it as much as we want without worrying about running up a meter...

(we're also more reliable!)

r81984
Fair and Balanced
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join:2001-11-14
Katy, TX

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r81984

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The public cloud is starting to look like a rip-off [lightreading.com]

Most companies choose to pay extra for fully managed server as they dont want to "own" assets, they just want to lease. It is the same argument of should a business buy land/a building or lease the building combined with the argument of using employees or contractors.
A short term strategy company just wants to outsource, lease, and use contractors that they can quickly change.
At some point a company may get large enough to where they see investing in themselves will save them more money later.
There will always be a market for off site managed servers especially for new company that wants more of their capital freed up for other things or for backups.

Really there is nothing wrong with a few major companies owning most of the server farms out there, as long as they dont own too much of the transmission, actual internet backbone, and end user connections. ISPs do need to be separate from content creators and other internet businesses. What you dont want is one content creator or internet business limiting the internet to block competition. Some ISP/media companies already do this with caps.
tired_runner
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join:2000-08-25
CT
·Frontier FiberOp..

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tired_runner

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Public cloud being a rip off? Say it ain't so!

For kicks and to experiment, some while back I rented a budget VM from AWS. I did simple things with it; Spin up a cheap tier Windows server, simple VPN connection to it, and a handful of test connections to it from home.

The cost? $10 for three nights worth of traffic.

If you're too stupid to build it yourself, these folks are happy to take your money.