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I mean...if the extra charges are published on the website, you were supposed to read them. You can ofc negotiate, whether the provider will entertain that or not is another question. But well...it is kinda "I purchased a mercedes and it was $50k, can I maybe negotiate a cheaper price?" situation, which is not good.
First, say who's the provider you're using, what kind of things you added, size, and where you used that S3?
Maybe you should give more details on the deployment.
Choosing the wrong class of object storage, egress pricing, and whatever their policy on various operation will create baffling $$$.
It's a rookie mistake
If you can't stomach $1500 bandwidth bill, perhaps you should have set caps
@systemfreaks maybe can help
You can try negotiating with the provider. Depending on who the provider is, they may be able to offer you a discount. Doesn’t the provider also offer budget limits to prevent unexpected charges?
If you’re interested in migrating, you can also check out our unmetered traffic options and protect yourself from such surprises in the future.
in short, i put the OSS origin directly to visitors, not behind the CDN like before
and unfortunately, i didn't setup caps, then the bill BOOM
💀
Next time, don't immediately sleep after changing configs
$1500 ÷ $0.09 = 16.7 TB of egress.

rich Config
This reminds me of when I got a VPS from a company here on LET from one of their offers..
Literally one day after I got the VPS, they suspended my account because I had apparently used 110 TB of bandwidth..
How did that happen? No idea!!
How did I use more bandwidth than my whole $12/year plan? No idea!!
Who used the VPS when I hadn't even logged in through SSH yet? No idea!!
I don't wanna mention the company since you guys already know who they are..
I'm not trying to expose them or anything..
I already forgave them anyway, the VPS was so cheap that it wasn't really worth making a big deal out of it..
Yes, you did by providing way too little relevant info.
Well, try to negotiate, but from provider side he will just sell you to collecting agency.
say their names!
Hi,
too little relevant info.
But usually, for good customers, a provider will at least stretch the payment schedule. So instead of paying all at once, they allow you to pay it installment over some months.
just migrate to another provider
Declare bankrupt 😂
Write a very polite message to the provider begging them to let you pay in small installments, don't be proud. After doing that get a payday loan or apply to get flexible credit through digital banks, credit comparison platforms, or retail finance providers. Then pay the provider.
who cares you used a fake name anyway right
"$1500 bandwidth bill in 1 day, need help"
If it's AWS or GCP, they'll either forgive or heavily discount it, but you haven't mentioned what provider so... /shrug
From my personal experience:

AWS or Vercel
It's probably AWS, but the two are cut from the same cloth.
that remind me A corporate client accidentally incurred a $500 million token bill on Anthropic's Claude AI in a single month. So Set capping is essential.
$500 million in a month accidentally? Me thinks you're hallucinating.
May I receive $500 million accidentally? I promise I have no connection to the Nigerian prince.
I feel you OP. That's like that one time I had to pay a $5 migration fee because I accidentally deployed a VPS in the wrong region. We're both in the same boat.
The name of the company wasn't reported but would you trust Yahoo Finance? https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/company-blew-500m-claude-ai-173519468.html
So they didn't fail at business; they were just ruined by that unexpected bill.
get a loan
don't use so expensive providers for outgoing bandwidth. those large guys charge $0.09/1GB. INSANE.
did you used AWS or Microsoft Azure cloud?