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		rickmode 59 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AWS multiple services outage in us-east-1 Isn’t it the cheapest AWS region? Or at least among the cheapest. If I’m correct, this incentivizes users to start there.

everfrustrated 59 days ago [–]

All countries are more expensive than the US, but many US regions are the same (cheapest) price. (eg Ohio, Oregon).

us-east-1 is more a legacy of it being the first region so by virtue of being the default region for the longest time most customers built on it.

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