I am hearing that they throttle the shit out of up and down. Plus some
mysterious hidden fee for downloads. Word of mouth from another programmer.

On Oct 25, 2016 2:26 PM, "Tom Roche" <Tom_Roche@pobox.com> wrote:

>
> Stephen Partington[1]
> > https://secure.backblaze.com/buy.htm
>
> I'd appreciate someone enlightening me regarding Backblaze's business
> model. Maybe I'm just a cynical bastard, but when I see ...
>
> https://secure.backblaze.com/buy.htm
> > Unlimited Data for your Mac and PC. [5 $/mo, 50 $/yr.] Prices are per
> computer.
>
> ... my bullshit meter pegs. I'm guessing Backblaze's reasoning/practice is
> like that pioneered by various ISPs and telcos who promise "unlimited data"
> transfers to users: if any particular user's data transfers exceed some
> threshold, throttle their data rate. A data storage provider would modify
> that to something like, "sure, you can *try* to store more than [threshold
> quantity] of data here, but your backup transfer rate will go to hell, and
> restore? fuggedaboudit."
>
> Or am I just ignorant of some great technological advance made, and of the
> service to humanity provided, by Backblaze?
>
> HTH, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche@pobox.com>
>
> [1]: http://lists.phxlinux.org/lurker/message/20161025.
> 155052.ef4e20fc.en.html
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>