It appears that UK broadband users should be thankful for what they get. Even though it is a long way short of the advertised broadband speeds.
A South African financial services company pitted its local broadband service against a pigeon to send a 4Gbyte file 80km. The pigeon,Winston, arrived with his encrypted USB stick in just under two hours seven minutes, by which time 4% of the file had arrived over the wires.
His owner reckons that Winston could cut his time to 45 minutes.
Got to laugh. I’ve always said that the old technologies should always be considered when evaluating what you are trying to achieve. Don’t just jump on the high tech bandwagon by default. It’s not always the best way.
However, A Pigeon? I really don’t see it taking off.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. — Aesop (620-560 BC)
Old vs New
From Computer Weekly’s paper edition.
Got to laugh. I’ve always said that the old technologies should always be considered when evaluating what you are trying to achieve. Don’t just jump on the high tech bandwagon by default. It’s not always the best way.
However, A Pigeon? I really don’t see it taking off.