SA pigeon 'faster than broadband'

09-10-2009 • BBC News

A Durban IT company pitted a bird armed with a 4GB memory stick against the ADSL service from the country's biggest web firm, Telkom. The pigeon took two hours to carry the data 60 miles - in the same time the ADSL had sent 4% of the data.

3 Comments in Response to SA pigeon 'faster than broadband'

Comment by RShackleford

Entered on: 9/10/2009 2:47:21 PM

As a keeper of Racing Homers myself....

In your face!!!!...and one more tip, when watching those pigeons flying over head don't stand there with your mouth open...they sometimes will download more than just a little information...I tell ya' what!

Comment by Brock

Entered on: 9/10/2009 2:14:54 PM

Yeah, it looks bad, but if the distance were over 2800 miles then the DSL is faster than a non-stop pigeon, and infinitely faster over a distance that the pigeon couldn't traverse. So it really doesn't mean anything. I just thought it was a cute experiment.

Comment by Powell Gammill

Entered on: 9/10/2009 1:03:19 PM

Man, what a PR disaster. HaHa.

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