It is likely that this will be true for some given quantity of data for a long time. But in Canada, the quantity of data required to make the mail look like a

It is likely that this will be true for some given quantity of data for a long time. But in Canada, the quantity of data required to make the mail look like a good option has just plummeted. It may be cheaper to mail a DVD+R for as little as 1GB of data. That's just not very much data anymore. Google offers Gmail users more storage than that for free.