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toomuchtodo on Oct 21, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: CryptoSeal (YC S11) Shutting Down Private VPN

The cost issue is probably because they're using Linode instead of AWS.

chmars on Oct 21, 2013 [–]

What could be the reason for using Linode instead of AWS's European data center?

toomuchtodo on Oct 21, 2013 | [–]

Just personal preference I'm guessing. They probably went live US side with Linode, and their DevOps is probably already built around Linode's API/environment, so it was easier to just spin up new gear in Linode EU vs AWS EU.

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