Pigeon transfers data faster than Net
A South African information technology company 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
expensive. The 11-month-old pigeon, Winston, took one hour and eight minutes to fly the
80km from Pietermaritzburg to
downloading, the transfer took two hours, six minutes and 57 seconds — the time it took for
only 4% of the data to be transferred using a Telkom line. (HBL-11/09)
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