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topic: web-infrastructure
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Magnitude summary: storage ~85% / 7×; compute ~20×; bandwidth ~240×; plus the capex→opex structural shift
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The structural shift: capex (server + sysadmin) → opex (managed service, administration included)
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AWS Lambda previewed November 13, 2014; GA April 9, 2015 — code with no servers to provision
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Internet transit collapsed from $1,200/Mbps (1998) to ~$5/Mbps (2010) — ~240× per DrPeering/Norton series
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EC2 entry price fell from $0.10 to ~$0.005/instance-hour by 2018 — ~20× cheaper at the floor (Jeff Barr, HashiConf)
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Amazon EC2 launched as limited public beta August 25, 2006 — single m1.small instance at $0.10/hour
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S3 storage cost fell ~85% from launch — ~7× more data for the same dollar; independently corroborated
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S3 Standard ~$0.023/GB in 2025/2026 (first 50TB), tiering to $0.021/GB
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Amazon S3 launched March 14, 2006 at $0.15/GB — object storage as a metered utility
