Some backup services charge less for shipping a hard drive then bandwidth, last I looked it was around 8tb to be cheaper (for the user) then restoring over the internet. So I’d guess it’s around that mark, but I’m obviously not an expert.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 10 months ago
At what point does it becomes cheaper to ship it to the buyer on a thumb drive?
shortgiraffe@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 10 months ago
My experience shipping things for large companies tells me that FedEx Express with volume discounts costs about $7-12 and you can buy a lot of terrabits of bandwidth for that much money.
However the idea of a branded thumb drive for every game sounds absolutely wicked and I’m now sad that isn’t the reality we live in
Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 10 months ago
When I tried to start downloading it yesterday morning the steam content servers were failing. I can't recall that happening before.
scops@reddthat.com 10 months ago
Or carrier pigeon for that matter
ngwoo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Probably at no point ever again. Bandwidth is so cheap these days that producing and shipping anything is always going to be more expensive.
Mongostein@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Tell that to the CRTC.