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From: David Sawford <d...@mrao.cam.ac.uk>
Date: 10 Sep 2009 19:46:12 GMT
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Subject: [cam.misc] Re: Skype and Webcam
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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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