Note that S3 is extremely expensive. Pure storage media cost with hard disks is around 0.001 USD per GB-month unreplicated--and replication might not necessarily be a priority, depending on the goals one has with that data collection.
Also, that would give you about 1 m precision at one second intervals, which might be excessive (or not).
Really, there is no longer an economic barrier to storing "real" (as in "non-meta") data. 24/7 audio recording in telephone quality with ten year retention would cost about 4 USD/year in pure storage cost at current prices per person. Or in other words: storing all phone calls forever doesn't really cost anything. Actually, it's so cheap one can expect that the NSA is already doing it.
So, you mean cost per year?
Note that S3 is extremely expensive. Pure storage media cost with hard disks is around 0.001 USD per GB-month unreplicated--and replication might not necessarily be a priority, depending on the goals one has with that data collection.
Also, that would give you about 1 m precision at one second intervals, which might be excessive (or not).
Really, there is no longer an economic barrier to storing "real" (as in "non-meta") data. 24/7 audio recording in telephone quality with ten year retention would cost about 4 USD/year in pure storage cost at current prices per person. Or in other words: storing all phone calls forever doesn't really cost anything. Actually, it's so cheap one can expect that the NSA is already doing it.