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posted by janrinok on Tuesday November 26 2019, @08:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-wondering dept.

http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/What_would_it_cost_to_store_all_2018_phone_calls_in_Norway_.html

Four years ago, I did a back of the envelope calculation on how much it would cost to store audio recordings of all the phone calls in Norway, and came up with NOK 2.1 million / EUR 250 000 for the year 2013. It is time to repeat the calculation using updated numbers. The calculation is based on how much data storage is needed for each minute of audio, how many minutes all the calls in Norway sums up to, multiplied by the cost of data storage.

[...] Both the cost of storage and the number of phone call minutes have dropped since the last time, bringing the cost down to a level where I guess even small organizations can afford to store the audio recording from every phone call taken in a year in Norway. Of course, this is just the cost of buying the storage equipment. Maintenance, need to be included as well, but the volume of a single year is about a single rack of hard drives, so it is not much more than I could fit in my own home.


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  • (Score: 2) by Snotnose on Tuesday November 26 2019, @09:22PM (3 children)

    by Snotnose (1623) on Tuesday November 26 2019, @09:22PM (#925092)

    90% of the calls I get are spam. Gonna save all those?

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday November 27 2019, @02:37PM (1 child)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday November 27 2019, @02:37PM (#925340) Journal

    Yes. Edit them together. With rythm and rapidly repeated short phrases. Add a bass line and modem noise and . . BAM! Instant "music".

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    • (Score: 2) by Osamabobama on Wednesday November 27 2019, @07:15PM

      by Osamabobama (5842) on Wednesday November 27 2019, @07:15PM (#925421)

      Previous phrases that have gotten a lot of mileage in the sample world include "pure energy" and "the system is down", along with others that don't immediately spring to mind. What are the key phrases of telemarketing that might gain traction in this medium?

      (The examples I used were spoken by Spock and produced by Strongbad, respectively.)

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by krishnoid on Wednesday November 27 2019, @10:21PM

    by krishnoid (1156) on Wednesday November 27 2019, @10:21PM (#925470)

    If they're all robocalls, I bet they redundancy-compress down wonderfully.