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In the article he claims EC2 is $27/month. Was there a recent price reduction?

He computed incorrectly. He didn't include the usage, with the reservation cost. A reduced usage still applies. The correct price is...

h = hours in a year = 8765

($325+($0.03 * h))/12 = $49.00/month

The best deal is a 3 year block

($500+($0.03 * h * 3))/36 = $35.80/month

reserved instances: http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2009/03/12/amazon-...

From the article: "With a reserved instance (you pay for a whole year in advance) the price is $325 or $27/month. But that doesn't include Data Transfer, EBS, Elastic IP or S3 costs. Got that info from https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/#pricing"

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