With historical data like this you would think that providing it as a download would also be in the best interests of the provider. It would reduce the number o

With historical data like this you would think that providing it as a download would also be in the best interests of the provider. It would reduce the number of total requests against the API. If the download were offered as a torrent, I could see a pretty significant savings in bandwidth costs. It's also possible that these companies (particular the old-school types who make the decisions) prefer to keep the illusion of a monopoly on these data.