Pigeon faster than S. African internet
source: http://idle.slashdot.org/story/09/09/10/0318203/Pigeon-Turns-Out-To-Be-Faster-Than-S-African...
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It appears that in South Africa at least, it may be faster to send data via an airborne carrier.
A homing pigeon with a data card attached took just an hour to travel from one office to the other situated 50 miles away, whereas in 2 hours only 4% of the file had transferred via ISP data lines.
A homing pigeon with a data card attached took just an hour to travel from one office to the other situated 50 miles away, whereas in 2 hours only 4% of the file had transferred via ISP data lines.
