• South African internet service criticised after carrier pigeon beats it
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[quote=MSNBC]JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A South African company on Wednesday proved it was faster to transmit data by carrier pigeon than to send it using the country's leading internet service provider. Local news agency SAPA reported the 11-month-old pigeon, Winston, took one hour and eight minutes to fly the 50 miles from Unlimited IT's offices near Pietermaritzburg to the coastal city of Durban with a data card strapped to its 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 a line provided by Telkom. Story continues below ↓advertisement | your ad here SAPA said Unlimited IT performed the stunt after becoming frustrated with slow internet transmission times. The company has 11 call centers around the country and regularly sends data to its other branches. Telkom could not immediately be reached for comment. Internet speed and connectivity in Africa's largest economy are poor because of a bandwidth shortage. It is also expensive. Internet speed is expected to improve once a new 10,500-mile underwater fiber optic cable linking southern and East Africa to other networks becomes operational before South Africa hosts the soccer World Cup next year.[/quote] [url]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32772500/ns/world_news-weird_news/[/url] Looks like the ISPs in South Africa are birdbrained.
Haha oh wow.
wow
Hahahaahahaha
Fuck, now [i]I[/i] want a carrier pigeon
So i guess South Africa have [i]bird[/i]band Internet?
Ah, that explains why I have seen birds carrying a paper with 1's and zero's.
Hahahaah
So I could put a USB stick onto a Carrier Pigeon in South Afrika and I will be able to send data really fast?
Gonna get me a carrier pigeon.
Looks like Telkom [i]Flew into troubles[/i]
[QUOTE=radioactive;17262186]So I could put a USB stick onto a Carrier Pigeon in South Afrika and I will be able to send data really fast?[/QUOTE] Yes. Since there are 16gb+ USBs now.
At least they got wireless.
Someone get that Explosms comic when they chat via a bird.
[img]http://www.phmc.gc.ca/cmh/book_images/high/v3_c6_s04_ss03_01.jpg[/img] "Hey look, it's the new Nine Inch Nails album!" "Eh, shoot that one carrying Photoshop CS4 first."
It's africa. their technology is inferior
[QUOTE=ProboardslolV2;17262339]It's africa. their technology is inferior[/QUOTE] South Africa though
their internet is run on aids.
[b] THIS JUST IN [/b] Internet pirates are using carrier pigeons to send illegal games, since it's faster than torrenting!
150 kb/s is my maximum. We cannot physicaly get more, we asked but they say not untill your line is upgraded, but when, when will they upgrade our line?. I will keep you all updated.
[QUOTE=Latias;17262311][img]http://www.phmc.gc.ca/cmh/book_images/high/v3_c6_s04_ss03_01.jpg[/img] "Hey look, it's the new Nine Inch Nails album!" "Eh, shoot that one carrying Photoshop CS4 first."[/QUOTE] "Oh wait, that one has that new porn DVD!"
Aren't carrier Pigeons extinct?
How did the pidgeon know where to go?
[QUOTE=RaveRaze;17262508]Aren't carrier Pigeons extinct?[/QUOTE] read the title now guess if theyre extinct
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[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;17262589]How did the pidgeon know where to go?[/QUOTE] :downs:
[QUOTE=GrayronV2;17262621]read the title now guess if theyre extinct[/QUOTE] Yeah I was thinking of the Passenger Pigeon
[QUOTE=RaveRaze;17262508]Aren't carrier Pigeons extinct?[/QUOTE] How could they be extinct if A. They are bred by pigeon fanciers and still used in many places in the world B. The thread is about a carrier pigeon
I knew a guy from South Africa. He said the internet service sucked and was very expensive.
It's because they have to dedicate all their resources to district 9.
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