Subject: Re: Skype and Webcam
From: Jules
Newsgroups: cam.misc
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:39:24 +0100, Andrew Feldhaus wrote:
> > Wikipedia and various other highly dubious sources provide
> > back-of-the-envelope estimates along the lines of:
> >
> > 747 cargo limit: About 130 Tonnes
> > Bluray Disc: 50GB/disc, about 25g per disc
> > Hence about: 260 Petabytes (SI prefix) per plane
> > Flight time: 7 hours or so
> > Total bandwidth: Roughly 10 Terabytes, so 80 Terabits, per second
Bit of a pisser if you get there and find that one of the discs is
knackered and you have to retransmit, though.
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