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Comment by skuhn

Amazon bought 3.0.0.0/8 from GE in 2018 [1].

So part of this is putting into service networks that they previously acquired, probably to keep up with growth. Buying in 2018 would have been a MUCH lower price than today -- and it can pretty much only go up!

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18407173

parent skuhn 5 years ago

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