Thursday, September 23, 2010

Pigeons beat rural broadband in race

Pigeons were able to deliver information faster than rural broadband in a 120 kilometre race staged in the UK on September 16.

Ten pigeons, carrying USB keys, were released from a Yorkshire farm at the same time a five-minute (300MB) video upload was started.

The pigeons reached their Skegness destination in one hour and fifteen minutes, when only 24 per cent of the file had been uploaded.

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