Comments on: Pigeon Carries Data 25 Times Faster Than South Africa’s Telkom

By: C. S. Magor

C. S. Magor — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:12:20 +0000

I think the latter. It was an end-to-end calculation.

Rogier Maas — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:57:18 +0000

So what they’re saying it took almost an HOUR to copy 4GB of data to and from the stick?! What kind of computer did they use?!

..or did they calculate the time strapping the stick onto the bird, walk it outside and on the other side catch it, etc?

C. S. Magor — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:32:39 +0000

No, what we are saying is that an avian data delivery system is more efficient than South Africa’s leading tube-based data delivery system.

Nick J — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:19:46 +0000

So what you’re saying is that the Internet would be better designed as a shipping service instead of a series of tubes?

C. S. Magor — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:19:00 +0000

We have since learned that it was 4GB

Andy — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:44:37 +0000

Yeah… but how much data was it?

NICO — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:39:31 +0000

4%, WOW, WHAT AN IMPROVEMENT, AND THAT FOR ADSL, WAY TO GO TELKOM!!!