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Assume a 1000 page phone book, weights 1kg, contains 3MB of information. The world record cargo flight for a 747 is 55,916 lbs (say ~25,000kg). Every two minutes.

25,000 phone books * 3MB/book = 75,000MB

75,000MB/120 s = 625 MB/s ~ 5 Gbps which is about 5X Google Fiber

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