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		joering2 on Feb 7, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon S3 Price Reduction im not sure with todays technology you could go cheaper than 4c/GB for a service like that. Doing it on your own would be $50 for 3TB cartridge == 2c/GB.

masterleep on Feb 7, 2012 [–]

Do you mean 4c/GB/month? The $50 cartridge fee would be non-recurring except for storage.

toomuchtodo on Feb 7, 2012 | | [–]

Less recurring, but still recurring. Those tapes wear out eventually.

joering2 on Feb 7, 2012 | | [–]

yes you are right! (sorry)

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