Pigeon Transfers Data Faster Than South Africa's Telkom

[Rev.Cambeul]

http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,26053119-5014239,00.html

FRUSTRATED IT workers have shown that a pigeon can transfer data faster than a major internet service provider (ISP), Telkom.

Local news agency SAPA reported the 11-month-old pigeon, Winston, took one hour and eight minutes to fly the 80 km from Unlimited IT's offices near Pietermaritzburg to the coastal city of Durban with a data card was strapped to its leg.

The transfer took two hours, six minutes and 57 seconds – including downloading from the pigeon's card.

During that time, only four per cent of the data was transferred using a Telkom line.

SAPA said Unlimited IT performed the stunt after becoming frustrated with slow internet transmission times.

With my own upload speed being about 100 MB/hour, perhaps I should get some pigeons of my own? It's Europe, America and parts of Asia that have the faster speeds. The rest of us have to wait until our IT infrastructure is upgraded from 1940's technology to at least 1990's technology.

21st century? Never heard of it. Almost all technology in use is from the 1990's - at least in the real world. Anything else is future speculation.

@Cailen.