Tor Relay Expense of Air

[477277 0]

Navigating this community and its mission has been bringing a tear to my eyes. It's difficult to describe the joy and pride I felt when I read the words "Pirate Festival in Rome" while reading the Story of this company, and it is an incredible achievement to support all those FOSS and freedom projects. With that said, why does operating 20 tor nodes cost 6k per year? Shouldn't it be like, I don't know, way less? I mean if Air is dealing with every single legal complaint, maybe it does cost that much. But aren't there more cost effective ways of operating Tor nodes?

[Staff 10175]

Hello!

Thank you for the feedback!
 

7 hours ago, 477277 said:

why does operating 20 tor nodes cost 6k per year?  Shouldn't it be like, I don't know, way less?

That's our contribution to cover the expenses. Just check the price for each 10 Gbit/s full duplex unmetered dedicated line for 1 year to get an idea of expenses for the network traffic, then also consider the depreciation of 20 servers and their maintenance (hardware replacements, manpower maintenance hours...) over the years. It's not like managing a VPS with a few TB per month and a few Mbit/s shared line, and we're talking about exit nodes.

Kind regards