Hi All,

I'm confused about the TKL fees and would like some help understanding the basic idea of the them and what they're for. Is the basic idea that I need to maintain a TKL membership (plan) as long as I ever have a TKL appliance running in the AWS cloud? Or does it relate to only deploying these instances?

For example, I have three micro instances running currently, the third of which I deployed from a snapshot directly from AWS console. I have been paying my $20 per month for the last year or so (if my understanding of all the fees AWS charges me is correct). So my basic questions are;

1) Do I need to continue paying that fee, even if I never log into the TKL hub again and manage my instances and snapshots directly from Amazon?

2) If I stop paying the fee, will my instances on amazon 'break'? 2b) Will the security updates continue?

3) If I stop paying the TKL fee through amazon, what stops me from creating a new instance of a TKL appliance directly through the AWS snapshot interface?

Regardless of the answers to the above questions, what is the spirit of the fee? Is it for initial deployment or for continued use?

Thanks!

Rick

EDIT BY RICK: Actually, maybe I did use the TKL hub to deploy my last intance rather than AWS, I can't remember, but the questions remain :o)