- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmit.online
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmit.online
Americans used just over 100 trillion megabytes of wireless data in 2023, up 36% over the prior year in the largest single-year increase in wireless data consumption, according to an industry survey released on Tuesday.
Survey: https://api.ctia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-Annual-Survey-1.pdf
Can I have that in football fields worth of Bill Gates’s paper stacks? Pic for context
He was hoarding all the toilet paper in the corona supermarket wars. New conspiracy unlocked. /s
1.618x10^7 at a height of bill gates
That feels like a bad comparison. Technically paper could told a huge amount of data if you write small enough
About 14 football fields, stacked up to the crossbar.
according to GPT-4o-mini that I haven’t double-checked, which means it’s likely wrong somewhere.
Summary of Paper Volume and Football Fields
Data Capacity of a Letter-Sized Page
Total Pages for 100 Exabytes
Volume of the Paper
Volume of a Football Field
Football Fields Needed to Hold the Paper