title: AWS s3api 'get-object' costs
body: <p>I need to download this 60 milions tweets dataset (<a href="https://github.com/compsocial/CREDBANK-data" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/compsocial/CREDBANK-data</a>) for my thesis work.
  So I signed up for an AWS account and configured it with the correct parameters in my Mac terminal, then I signed in also into the S3 page, BUT when I try the following command:</p>
  
  <p><code>aws s3api get-object --request-payer requester --bucket credbank --key stream_tweets_byTimestamp.data stream_tweets_byTimestamp.data</code></p>
  
  <p>I get this error message:</p>
  
  <p><em>An error occurred (NotSignedUp) when calling the GetObject operation: Your account is not signed up for the S3 service. You must sign up before you can use S3.</em></p>
  
  <p>So, from what I understand, the problem is that my prepaid card wasn't accepted as a valid payment method and therefore my account isn't fully activated yet.</p>
  
  <p>So, my question is, if I only need to run the <code>get-object</code> command above to download the data, could I be charged for some money if I use a real credit card, even if with my new account I'm in the 12-months free tier period?</p>
  
  <p>Please let me know if you need further details to understand my question!</p>
  
  <p>Thank you very much!</p>