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nuvempro.com.br: Argo billed 18,120 GB (USD 1,812.30) while only 4.41 GB was uncached origin traffic.
guilherme7 reports an Argo Smart Routing invoice of USD 1,812.30 for 18,120 Accelerated Gigabytes in the Jul 9–Aug 8 window, while zone analytics showed 18.05 TB total bandwidth almost entirely cached and only 4.41 GB uncached to origin. He says billing docs state cache hits avoid Argo routing charges, that he opened a billing case still in New status, disabled Argo, and asked for a hold or written confirmation that paying would not prejudice the dispute.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Traffic spike
- Incident date
- Date not recorded
- First reported
- 2026-08-12
- Billing outcome
- Request submittedAuthor-reported
- Case progress
- Not established
- Public Cloudflare reply
- Not linked
Latest reported outcome
The author says a billing case was opened and still showed New after two days; community replies discussed documentation wording but did not resolve the invoice.
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Author disputes Argo metering on cached traffic
Open original sourceThe author reports USD 1,812.30 for 18,120 Argo GB against 4.41 GB uncached origin traffic, cites docs that cache hits avoid Argo charges, and says a billing case is untriaged.
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