Lightsail outgoing data transfer slow

Question

1) Outgoing data transfer from Lightsail (not to another AWS instance) is slow.  It used to be much faster.  This is an applications/database server and cloud backup is utilized.  This is a 32gb Windows instance so monthly quota is 7TB - doubt if we're exceeding that.  Only getting 15-20/Mbps upload/outgoing - I get more than that rate on my home internet.  Also RDP file transfers (via copy/paste from RDP session to my computer) slow.
2) How do I check on how much incoming/outgoing data transfer has occurred for the current billing period?  I've read that throttling can occur when that's exceeded.

Varun_R · Answer

Hi,

I ran a speed test for a Windows instance in PDX and saw pretty good speeds >200Mb/s.

You should be able to see your usage by going to the billing console:  https://us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/billing/home?#/bills and expanding the Lightsail service in the bill.

Lightsail outgoing data transfer slow

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