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Emanuele Ziglioli  
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 More options May 25 2011, 4:33 pm
From: Emanuele Ziglioli <theb...@emanueleziglioli.it>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 13:33:59 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Wed, May 25 2011 4:33 pm
Subject: Re: What do you want to see answered in Greg's pricing FAQ?

On May 26, 8:13 am, Mars <mars...@askmymob.com> wrote:

> I understand that AlwaysOn is still under discussion, but I'd just
> like to point out that the old pricing model suggested that having an
> idle instance costs around 0.4c/hr (0.3 / 3 / 24) while in the new
> model, it costs 5c/hr (reserved instance). The old price might not be
> sustainable, but a 12x jump in price is a bit dramatic IMHO.

Isn't one 24h instance included in the $9/month?
Perhaps with multithreading one would be enough for most apps.
What I don't understand: would that be 'always on'? it's fundamental
to have one running to avoid the dreadful cold start delay.

> The other thing I'd like to suggest is to restore the free email quota
> to 2000 for paying apps. This way Google can both block off free rider
> spammer and not look like a cheap as.

you sound like a kiwi :-)

 
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