Magnitude summary: storage ~85% / 7×; compute ~20×; bandwidth ~240×; plus the capex→opex structural shift

Magnitude summary across the infrastructure driver:

• Storage: $0.15 → ~$0.02/GB = ~85% cut, ~6–7× more data for the same dollar (S3 storage cost fell ~85% from launch — ~7× more data for the same dollar; independently corroborated); archival (Glacier Deep) ~150× cheaper than 2006 standard storage.
• Compute: $0.10 → $0.005/instance-hour entry = ~20× cheaper at the floor (EC2 entry price fell from $0.10 to ~$0.005/instance-hour by 2018 — ~20× cheaper at the floor (Jeff Barr, HashiConf)).
• Bandwidth: $1,200 → ~$5/Mbps (1998–2010) = ~240× on transit (Internet transit collapsed from $1,200/Mbps (1998) to ~$5/Mbps (2010) — ~240× per DrPeering/Norton series); ongoing decline since.
• Structural: capex (buy + $50–$1,400/mo + $55K–$96K sysadmin) → opex (single/double-digit dollars per month, administration included) — see The structural shift: capex (server + sysadmin) → opex (managed service, administration included).

Source: Synthesis of the magnitude entries.

Confidence: Verified for storage/compute; single-source for bandwidth.

Why this matters for Candid: The one-paragraph "how much did the floor fall" answer for client conversations and article ledes.