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Americans used record 100 trillion megabytes of wireless data in 2023 (www.reuters.com)
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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

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[–] afk_strats@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Can I have that in football fields worth of Bill Gates's paper stacks? Pic for context

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[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

He was hoarding all the toilet paper in the corona supermarket wars. New conspiracy unlocked. /s

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

That feels like a bad comparison. Technically paper could told a huge amount of data if you write small enough

[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

1.618x10^7 at a height of bill gates

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

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

  • Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches
  • Average Text Capacity:
    • Approximately 500 to 600 words
    • About 2,500 to 3,000 characters
    • Roughly 2,500 to 3,000 bytes (using standard ASCII/UTF-8)

Total Pages for 100 Exabytes

  • 100 Exabytes = 10^20 bytes
  • Average Bytes per Page: 2,750 bytes
  • Total Pages: Approximately 36.4 trillion pages

Volume of the Paper

  • Volume of One Page:
    • Volume = 8.5 inches x 11 inches x 0.004 inches ≈ 0.000374 cubic inches
  • Total Volume for 36.4 Trillion Pages:
    • Total volume ≈ 7.89 million cubic feet

Volume of a Football Field

  • Dimensions:
    • Length: 120 yards (360 feet)
    • Width: 53.3 yards (160 feet)
    • Height: 10 feet
  • Volume: Approximately 576,000 cubic feet

Football Fields Needed to Hold the Paper

  • Calculation:
    • Number of football fields ≈ 7,890,000 cubic feet / 576,000 cubic feet ≈ 14
  • Result: Approximately 14 football