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FedEx Has More Bandwidth Than the Internet

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RCuber
RCuber Original post #1
Feb 5, 2013 at 5:03 PM
Cisco estimates that total internet traffic currently averages 167 terabits per second. FedEx has a fleet of 654 aircraft with a lift capacity of 26.5 million pounds daily. A solid-state laptop drive weighs about 78 grams and can hold up to a terabyte. That means FedEx is capable of transferring 150 exabytes of data per day, or 14 petabits per second—almost a hundred times the current throughput of the internet.

But when will the internet catch up? Well, Cisco claims internet traffic is growing at about 29 percent annually, which means it should catch up with the FedEx system by 2040.

well I believe buying a disc is faster than downloading the same game :D

How FedEx Has More Bandwidth Than the Internet and When That'll Change
Theodre
Theodre #2
Feb 5, 2013 at 5:14 PM
Haha :p Nice info. I think it's the reason they are so famous :)
tkin
tkin #3
Feb 5, 2013 at 5:49 PM
Heh, but no real time service :D :D

PS: What's the ping for this connection?
tkin
tkin #5
Feb 5, 2013 at 6:03 PM
Also how do you play online game on this? I mean do you put the co ordinates to where you shoot the bullet on the hdd itself, it gets transferred to the other guy who then sees if it has hit, just like battelship :D :D
Neo
Neo #6
Feb 5, 2013 at 9:03 PM
Just include p2p data transfers and internet should be able to catch up ;)
a_k_s_h_a_y
Feb 5, 2013 at 10:40 PM
^^ they calculate this at the bottom most layer, so all bits transferred are included, p2p also.
cisco makes routers and sh1t..

hey read about difference between http and Internet and WWW.
anirbandd
Feb 5, 2013 at 11:41 PM
and some people dont have any real work... heh.. calculating FedEx's bandwidth..
tkin
tkin #9
Feb 5, 2013 at 11:45 PM
and some people dont have any real work... heh.. calculating FedEx's bandwidth..
See the research work growing on in some famous colleges in USA, some of them are so ridiculous you'll laugh like the dog in hanna barbara cartoon(forgot name).
Hrishi
Hrishi #10
Feb 6, 2013 at 12:07 AM
I read a similiar example in Pearson's Networking book. Where the example was set by use Of Blue-Ray Discs. :)

As per this Idea , Fedex should come into Networking Buisness. :p

Also how do you play online game on this? I mean do you put the co ordinates to where you shoot the bullet on the hdd itself, it gets transferred to the other guy who then sees if it has hit, just like battelship :D :D

Put a Virus in the HDD , when he'll use it he'll be Own3d!!!! :p
tkin
tkin #11
Feb 6, 2013 at 1:56 AM
I read a similiar example in Pearson's Networking book. Where the example was set by use Of Blue-Ray Discs. :)

As per this Idea , Fedex should come into Networking Buisness. :p



Put a Virus in the HDD , when he'll use it he'll be Own3d!!!! :p
Its just that easy :D
RCuber
RCuber #12
Feb 6, 2013 at 2:32 AM
Better send empty boxes if you wanna troll :p
thetechfreak
Feb 6, 2013 at 7:20 AM
Better send empty boxes if you wanna troll :p

You also will be trolled back as they‘ll ask you to pay shipping fees
Or is sending an empty box free :rofl: ?
harshilsharma63
Feb 6, 2013 at 8:52 AM
Or is sending an empty box free ?

I think FedEx can request one of their customers to keep just the box contents and return the box so that we can ship empty boxes absolutely free :mrgreen:
anirbandd
anirbandd #15
Feb 6, 2013 at 9:49 AM
See the research work growing on in some famous colleges in USA, some of them are so ridiculous you'll laugh like the dog in hanna barbara cartoon(forgot name).

say what?

some guy from an IIT researched and published a paper on the dynamics of a monkey jumping from one tree to another. Guy got zipped away to MIT/Harvard [forgot] with full scholarship.
tkin
tkin #16
Feb 6, 2013 at 2:11 PM
say what?

some guy from an IIT researched and published a paper on the dynamics of a monkey jumping from one tree to another. Guy got zipped away to MIT/Harvard [forgot] with full scholarship.
LMAO :lol:

And here we have a bengali physicist who working is some not so famous college winning the massive Theoretical Physics prize(what was the name?) for his contributions to string theory, these are real work, but they never get the limelight :evil:
gameranand
Feb 6, 2013 at 2:23 PM
Nice and cheesy info. :)
RCuber
RCuber #18
Feb 6, 2013 at 2:49 PM
if you really want to troll someone .. send them money order for ₹1 :D. one of my relative played this prank on my mom years ago on April 1st :p
Anorion
Anorion #19
Feb 6, 2013 at 3:33 PM
LMAO :lol:

And here we have a bengali physicist who working is some not so famous college winning the massive Theoretical Physics prize(what was the name?) for his contributions to string theory, these are real work, but they never get the limelight :evil:

who is this? the boson was named after Satyendra Nath Bose... is this him?

at the story, it does not factor the cost of manufacturing the number of drives necessary to transport the data
tkin
tkin #20
Feb 6, 2013 at 3:48 PM
who is this? the boson was named after Satyendra Nath Bose... is this him?

at the story, it does not factor the cost of manufacturing the number of drives necessary to transport the data
Allahabad physicist wins academics’ biggest prize - Indian Express
He didn't win Noble as his work is theoretical, but he won the most rewarding prize in science(afaik).
Ashoke Sen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


And people go gaga over IITians and how much salary they can bag from companies, never do we ask them what contribution have they made towards advancement of science?
anirbandd
anirbandd #21
Feb 6, 2013 at 9:30 PM
Allahabad physicist wins academics’ biggest prize - Indian Express
He didn't win Noble as his work is theoretical, but he won the most rewarding prize in science(afaik).
Ashoke Sen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


And people go gaga over IITians and how much salary they can bag from companies, never do we ask them what contribution have they made towards advancement of science?

IIT -> IIM -> Bank with fat salary[fcuk all the engg knowledge]
tkin
tkin #22
Feb 6, 2013 at 9:34 PM
IIT -> IIM -> Bank with fat salary[fcuk all the engg knowledge]
But they will neither have the fame nor the 16 crore bank balance(yes, $3 million), this guy has and if string theory is ever proved he might get a noble too.

They have good IQ unlike us, they should, no they must use it to advance science :|
Hrishi
Hrishi #23
Feb 6, 2013 at 11:38 PM
There are two kind of people in this world.
First those who innovate to accomplish their crave/addiction for knowledge and science.
The rest are those who do it for fame and money.