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@ -19,12 +19,22 @@ Bandwidth allotments are decreasing on average, across all products, **88.19%**
I've been a big fan of Hetzner. Unfortunately they've made a feeble attempt to dress this change up in the name of "fairness".
> Until this change, customers who have used fewer resources have covered the costs, in a way, for other customers who have used much more resources. We want to make things more balanced. The new prices will give our customers the best possible price for the resources they use.
> With the new tariff structure, we want to make conditions for our customers around the world as fair as possible ... Until this change, customers who have used fewer resources have covered the costs, in a way, for other customers who have used much more resources. We want to make things more balanced. The new prices will give our customers the best possible price for the resources they use.
> - Hetzner
I'd love to see a better explanation for why prices are increasing _so much_ in exchange for such a significant drop in bandwidth allotments. A lot of Hetzner customers cite generous bandwidth allotments as one of the reasons they've chosen Hetzner as a provider. As far as I can tell, that generosity has evaporated in the great US of A.
Also, the fact that this was announced on Thanksgiving Day in the US certainly deserves a dishonorable mention.
And the fact that this was announced on Thanksgiving Day, a major holiday in the US, certainly deserves a dishonorable mention.
## Update
Now that I've looked at my invoice, Hetzner's price change and justification is even more frustrating.
![hetzner invoice](/img/hetzner-invoice.png "hetzner invoice")
I personally use `0TB` per month across 6 `CPX21` servers (I know I'm over-provisioned; that's not the point). The point is I've been paying `€42.30 + €1.00/mo` for `20TB` of bandwidth, of which I've used zero on average. What Hetzner's statement tells me is that even at that price, I was subsidizing some heavy users. And to thank me for it, I can now pay `€53.94/mo` in exchange for `12TB`, for fairness.
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