Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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How quickly can the internet transfer large amounts of data? The answer is changing every day, but for some super large amounts of data, it might never be faster than just driving it there yourself. Join Michael as he tests this out and races an internet upload from Colorado to Tucson.

Check out the XKCD comic mentioned in this video: what-if.xkcd.com/31/?fbclid=IwAR28v7tvXwI_aVTEQVBE_JOgm3x8OGLJd08ElCGamKUaI0m4jzMS6uSVfis

Written, Filmed, and Hosted by Michael Hardegree-Ullman
Edited by Victoria Pereira


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