[morgante]

It depends entirely on the quantity of data.

For huge datasets, Snowball will be fastest & cheapest (literally shipping data).

[vvanders]

As they used to say, never underestimate the bandwidth of a van filled with harddrives.

[cortesoft]

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

[nxzero]

Always IP over Avian Carriers: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers

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Sneakernets

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet

[nxzero]

Great, thanks, here's the data plan to grab:

https://aws.amazon.com/datasets/

For downloading & uploading very large datasets, would it make more sense to proxy the through Amazon to a Snowball and ship it. Very possible is the answer is it depends, just trying to get a sense of how data transfer via Amazon is works and is priced.

[GeechieCloud]

Also worth checking out this when thinking about speed - https://aws.amazon.com/importexport/faqs/#when-to-use