On Sun, 8 Nov 2020 22:21:00 -0000 "Dr Gerard Bulger" <ger...@bulger.co.uk> wrote:
> Worried about dominance of OVH for relays and exits? How about Google! > Setting up a fast server is SO cheap on their https://cloud.google.com/ > platform, it is tempting to set up relays, if not exits there. Looking at > their T&Cs they do not seem to mention TOR or banning running a proxy, but a > generic list of don't do bad things. I have two ubuntu servers doing > running other programmes on there now, and so far cost me $0.78 with fixed > IP4 addresses. I have not worked out how to attach IPv6 yet. > > > > Of course set DNS of the machines not to be Google's > > > > So tell me why this is such a bad idea. Yes there is a catch, the bandwidth pricing. It is common for a fast 100 Mbit relay to transfer close to its maximum possible 30 TB/month. On Google Cloud this will cost you at least $2150/month. https://cloud.google.com/network-tiers/pricing#standard-pricing There is a reason for OVH's dominance, on OVH you can do the above for $3.5 -- With respect, Roman _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays