I am not sure the ideal solution here. I do not like data caps in theory or practice, but I can see the CSPs thinking here: get paid for network usage somehow.
It just seems absurd since they are monetizing every part they can (insert capitalism is to drive revenue to shareholders rant here) that is wholly owned by each customer. VMs, IPs, disks, and databases are easy enough to say who owns what. But after that, the networking should be a shared service that is amortized by other product billables.
There is no real incremental cost to sending data in/out of CSPs so this feels like pure profiteering. They need networking for stuff to work, the fiber is already there, and they are billing for network resources. It is getting blood from a stone and reducing ability to flea, errrrm, migrate.
Maybe we return to the old days of mobile service and texting schemes. Free data ingress/egress on nights and weekends (or whenever traffic is less).
Perhaps it's less about billing and more about disincentivizing excessive use? Even if the service is free, it's not infinite and is ultimately a shared resource that should not be monopolized.
It just seems absurd since they are monetizing every part they can (insert capitalism is to drive revenue to shareholders rant here) that is wholly owned by each customer. VMs, IPs, disks, and databases are easy enough to say who owns what. But after that, the networking should be a shared service that is amortized by other product billables.
There is no real incremental cost to sending data in/out of CSPs so this feels like pure profiteering. They need networking for stuff to work, the fiber is already there, and they are billing for network resources. It is getting blood from a stone and reducing ability to flea, errrrm, migrate.
Maybe we return to the old days of mobile service and texting schemes. Free data ingress/egress on nights and weekends (or whenever traffic is less).