The speed is questionable in many countries where consumer internet connections already have 500mbit upload speed. But in the US I think bandwidth can be quite limited if you're not in a major city with fiber.
The other big part is pricing. AWS charges $ 0.09 per GB for outbound transfer, so getting 8 TB of data out of AWS via the internet costs over $ 700. Doing it through Snowcone costs around $ 300 + shipping.
Reasonable use-case would be transferring video material or high resolution sensor data.
It never ceases to amaze me that people pay that much for transfer. It's one tenth the price on DigitalOcean and it isn't like this is comparing two different types of things.
If you have data that you're unlikely to need to access (i.e. backups), not many providers can compete with Deep Archive storage pricing.
4TB on S3 Deep Archive: $3.96/mo to store, $360 to restore and download over the internet
4TB on B2: $20/mo to store, $40 to download
4TB on Digital Ocean: $80/mo to store, $30 to download
Yes, it feels almost extortionary to have to pay that much to get your data out of AWS. But depending how long you store data for, it can end up being the cheaper option: you're just gambling on how likely you are to actually need to download it.
Yes but this is just data storage. I get it if you need to be on network, yadda, yadda, but so many people just senselessly use S3 and rack up bills that are easily avoidable.
The other big part is pricing. AWS charges $ 0.09 per GB for outbound transfer, so getting 8 TB of data out of AWS via the internet costs over $ 700. Doing it through Snowcone costs around $ 300 + shipping.
Reasonable use-case would be transferring video material or high resolution sensor data.