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		wmf on March 16, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How and Why Swiftype Moved from EC2 to Real Hardwa... Since people are sharing their experiences in this thread, has anyone tried using Direct Connect to get cheaper bandwidth?

amazon_not on March 16, 2015 [–]

There aren't a lot of savings to be had. In addition to paying for the Direct Connect infrastructure you still have to pay Amazon per GB charges, albeit at a slightly lesser rate.

The only real solution is to move the bandwidth usage off AWS.

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