Yes, but bulk bandwidth is very cheap (contrary to what the average consumer ISP would have you believe).
Depends on the country. If you’re downloading 1TB through an Australia VPN, for example, or Taiwan…. The VPN company is going to throttle you or ask you to pay more. There are many other countries that fit that list.
I see, thanks
It's unusual for commercial customers to pay for bandwidth on a per-byte-transferred basis. Instead, it's usually on a peak or percentile bandwidth basis. It's not cheap, but once you shell out for say a gbps of transit you can put a very large number of customers on that. The cost of the bandwidth ends up not being that large of a consideration.
Thanks I see. I pay $10 per month for VPN and then 60$ per month for internet so I guess their magnitude of costs is well over 1/6 lower than what I pay for internet