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Re:SanDisk 1TB MicroSD Card Review by kevinsundar on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:32PM (#20461283)
Never underestimate sneakernet speeds. https://aws.amazon.com/snowmobile/

It can "move 100 petabytes of data in as little as a few weeks, plus transport time. That same transfer could take more than 20 years to accomplish over a direct connect line with a 1Gbps connection."

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Re:SanDisk 1TB MicroSD Card Review by bradknowles on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @08:12PM (#20465384)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. —Tanenbaum, Andrew S. (1989). Computer Networks. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. p. 57. ISBN 0-13-166836-6.

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