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August 05, 2002
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Data by the truck load
Dave Shaw (London)  Opinions on liberty

I came across this small quote on the BBC website today and wondered if they had thought about what they had written.

The amount of data currently downloaded from the site every month, the centre says, would fill seven 12-metre (40-foot) articulated trucks.

I would love to know how they measure amounts of data by volume, in fact I would love to know how many trucks of data are moved around the internet every day, and the savings made by not having to pay for the fuel.

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