I wonder how that estimate was made. Maybe they are counting it as one transmission when something non-unique is broadcast to many endpoints? Or does every fetc

I wonder how that estimate was made. Maybe they are counting it as one transmission when something non-unique is broadcast to many endpoints? Or does every fetch of an asset from a CDN count? Either way, the bulk of the web is structured to put data as close to where it's needed as possible, to keep things quick and uncongested. So, it doesn't surprise me that internet backbones are much thinner than the aggregate of last mile connections.