Looking things up is safer than thinking 
Check https://tardigrade.io/ , it’s 0.01$ per GB → 10$ per TB
You’re right @kevink, my bad. Thx for clarifying.
I had it wrong since a long time despite the official announcement https://storj.io/blog/2019/11/announcing-pioneer-2-and-tardigrade.io-pricing/ that I read at the time…
Well then they’re really not well paying SNOs for storage space 
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Guess we’ll need our own community satellite for backups pay 8$ per TB and get 6$ per TB stored on your node (since for each TB 1.3TB are stored on the network).
While everyone can run a satellite, it is the same as a BitTorrent tracker - anyone can run one, but every tracker/satellite creates a separate network around it. If a tracker goes down, the torrents that were tracked by it are no longer accessible. Even the three Tardigrade satellites have their own separate networks - if I upload a file to europe-west and europe-west goes down, I cannot get my file from asia-east. While I can set up and run my own satellite I would first need to persuade node operators to add it and then it would still be a separate network.
On the other hand, each full archive Ethereum node is part of the same network, if one goes down I still have access to my coins. Same with trackerless torrents.
Don’t forget that the erasure encoding almost triples the storage used on nodes. Customers pay for the amount they store, nodes are paid for almost 3x that amount.
So your suggested satellite would be bleeding money.
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@BrightSilence You’re right. Thanks for reminding that out.
@kevink: Then I guess what you said “since for each TB 1.3TB are stored on the network” does not apply. It’d be more like “for each TB, 2.7TB are stored on the network”.
=> In September 2019, how much data was in the network?
Oh well.
Let’s just say I’m still doubtful SNOs will want to stay in the long run. We’ll see.
yeah well it was more meant as a funny side-note. Sorry for getting the number wrong.
This post was more about the backup topic.
Some Bitcoin miners to this day mine bitcoin with loss just for idea to help the network to be decentralised. Sure maybe one day Bitcoin may be worth a lot and then the HODL coins will break even.
Storj can easily break even and make you extra money. You won’t quit your job (Are you?
)but it is always some extra coins (and maybe old hardware that was laying around put into work)…those coins also may be worth more in the future. Like almost 200% jump in february.
Blockchain aspect a side. Storj is also an alternative to biggest cloud providers who can do whatever they want with your data behind your back. In form of Storj or similar this kind of option will survive.
My clients are already interested in the project. I advise them to act as a wise investor - to diverse portfolio - in this case their data. To group data from not important to critical, non-sensitive to sensitive, etc. and each group move to appropriate form of storage. One of them I advise to be a Storj. As it is better in some key areas and there is no such product out there to compete (SIA still needs to improve a lot).
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