Pigeon transfers data faster than South Africa's Telkom

Baack · Sep 9, 2009

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) A South African information technology company on Wednesday proved it was faster for them to transmit data with a carrier pigeon than to send it using Telkom , the country's leading internet service provider.
Internet speed and connectivity in Africa's largest economy are poor because of a bandwidth shortage. It is also expensive.
Local news agency SAPA reported the 11-month-old pigeon, Winston, took one hour and eight minutes to fly the 80 km (50 miles) from Unlimited IT's offices near Pietermaritzburg to the coastal city of Durban with a data card was strapped to his leg.
Including downloading, the transfer took two hours, six minutes and 57 seconds -- the time it took for only four percent of the data to be transferred using a Telkom line.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090909/od_nm/us_safrica_pigeon

YETI1 · Sep 10, 2009

to think I complain about my internet, seems rather pointless now, still thankful I live in the US of A.....

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