For academia, all 3 major cloud providers have a data egress waiver - meaning that as long as data egress is less than 15% of the total bill then it is free.
Combine this with the fact that S3/Glacier make much more sense than local HDDs for long-term archiving and egress turns out not to be a significant factor in my experience.
Combine this with the fact that S3/Glacier make much more sense than local HDDs for long-term archiving and egress turns out not to be a significant factor in my experience.