Average American Consumes 34 Gigabytes Daily

American Voices • Science & Technology • ISSUE 45•51 • Dec 18, 2009

A study from the University of California, San Diego, reports that each day the average American takes in 34 gigabytes of data. What do you think?

“Wow. And to think, there are data-starved children in Africa who subsist on just kilobytes a day."”
Doug Fischer –
Systems Analyst
“Wow, that sounds impressive. I must be pretty smart."”
Trina De Marrias –
Ultrasound Technician
“Now, if we could only figure out a way to cram some high fructose corn syrup in there."”
Tyler Kuehn –
Soft-Mud Molder

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