# Profit and traffic decrease **URL:** \ **Category:** Node Operators\ **Created:** [May 12, 2023, 8:30am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/profit-and-traffic-decrease/22657 "2023-05-12T08:30:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![labooll](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/labooll/32/1136_2.png) [@labooll](https://forum.storj.io/u/labooll)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/profit-and-traffic-decrease/22657/4 "2023-05-12T16:34:10Z")
Hello @lovaszl More than the change of pricing for the test satellite, what is affecting you (and all storage node operators) is a decrease of traffic this month, maybe related to the policy in terms of free account and ban of some free accounts to limit abuse. > [@Storj Free Tier Update for New Accounts: 25 GB Storage](https://forum.storj.io/t/storj-free-tier-update-for-new-accounts-25-gb-storage/22155): > > Hello Storj Community, We want to keep you in the loop with an important update regarding our free tier storage for new accounts. Starting from April 3rd, 2023, the free tier limit for new accounts will be set at 25 GB storage and 25 GB egress. This change will not affect existing accounts created before the switchover date, which will continue at the 150 GB free tier limit. We have prepared a FAQ section below to address some of the most common questions regarding this change. Why are you cha… Anyway as I said, all nodes operator are seeing more or less a decrease by 20-30% of the estimated payment for this month and noticed a decrease of egress and ingress, so your node should be perfectly fine. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.storj.io/t/profit-and-traffic-decrease/22657)._