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Does download via SCP from my server add more costs?
- Posted on December 20, 2022
- Cloud education
Asked by Mohammed Baashar
I want to transfer a large file (download it) from my server to local machine via scp, would this add extra costs ?
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Hi @mohammedbaashar,
It’s still considered bandwidth as there is network traffic. All in all, it will still be added as extra cost if you’ve exceeded your bandwidth. More about the bandwidth costs here:
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/billing/bandwidth/