Apr 15 2010, 11:48 PM
The strange but true story of a carrier pigeon that transfers data faster than broadband.
Last week a company called Unlimited IT demonstrated that, in South Africa anyway, transferring data the old fashioned way is still the best.
An eleven-month-old pigeon, Winston, took one hour and eight minutes to fly 80 km from Unlimited IT's offices near Pietermaritzburg to the coastal city of Durban with a data card 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 the broadband line.
Local news agency SAPA reported that Unlimited IT performed the stunt after becoming frustrated with slow internet transmission times...
http://g33k-gizmo.blogspot.com/2010/04/in-...pigeon-one.html
Pakai cara lama lah pun ok gak... hahaha..
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