I refuted some of the networking claims in that article previously (I work for AWS). Especially the bizarre claims that you have to get a C4.4xlarge for 1gpbs... The 220 mpbs network cap claim is just not true. Just run iperf3 on any aws instance to a GCE instance and you can see greater than 220mpbs.
Honestly we all know that the small instances have terrible CPU that doesn't let you use the advertized 1Gbps anyway. Other than that, even if AWS let 1Gbps traffic go on for a while, you get throttled pretty quickly from my experience.
Just run iperf3 on any aws instance to a GCE instance and you can see greater than 220mpbs.
For how long is the question. Historically, it’s been considered common knowledge (might just be an urban legend) that AWS, even if you pay for more traffic, at some point just throttles you, the same way that they do with IO.
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I refuted some of the networking claims in that article previously (I work for AWS). Especially the bizarre claims that you have to get a C4.4xlarge for 1gpbs... The 220 mpbs network cap claim is just not true. Just run iperf3 on any aws instance to a GCE instance and you can see greater than 220mpbs.
Honestly we all know that the small instances have terrible CPU that doesn't let you use the advertized 1Gbps anyway. Other than that, even if AWS let 1Gbps traffic go on for a while, you get throttled pretty quickly from my experience.
Author of the quoted article here.
The run of iperf refuted your refutation.
For how long is the question. Historically, it’s been considered common knowledge (might just be an urban legend) that AWS, even if you pay for more traffic, at some point just throttles you, the same way that they do with IO.