DonationCoder.com Forum
Main Area and Open Discussion => Living Room => Topic started by: Josh on September 11, 2009, 07:44 PM
-
[ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
FRUSTRATED IT workers have shown that a pigeon can transfer data faster than a major internet service provider (ISP).
Workers at a South African information technology company this week proved it was faster for them to transmit data with a carrier pigeon than to send it using Telkom, the country's leading ISP.
Africa's largest economy has poor internet speed and connectivity – and high costs - because of a bandwidth shortage.
Local news agency SAPA reported the 11-month-old pigeon, Winston, took one hour and eight minutes to fly the 80 km from Unlimited IT's offices near Pietermaritzburg to the coastal city of Durban with a data card was strapped to its leg.
More at Source (http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,26053119-5014239,00.html).
-
lol, the same could be said for the ISP that i subscribe to, except that i have no carrier pigeon to prove it.
-
In theory, you cold probably always have a carrier pigeon faster than your intarweb tube speed (unless you're on a university backbone) - but this example is pretty scary... sounds like a really messed up grid to me.
-
There was actually a study done long ago that proved a snail could go faster than the fastest internet backbone. I believe they attached 2 dual layer dvd's to the snail and made it travel 5 inches or something to that effect. Surely when compared to transferring to the other side of the world it wouldn't win *shrugs*. I tried to find a link but google is failing me, or I'm failing it
-
The story may be true, but who wants to carry a pigeon?
-
I tried to find a link but google is failing me, or I'm failing it-Kamel
The search: Google (http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=snail+faster+than+internet)
The site:
[ You are not allowed to view attachments ] (http://www.notes.co.il/benbasat/10991.asp)
-
I can verify that - I live here!
My speed is 384kbps as that is what I pay for but.....my download speed is around 40kbps! Still better than dial up! It costs my friend I do some work for around R550 per month (+- $70) for my adsl line + 3 GB's of data...
Our fastest speed is 4mbps but costs over R1000 per month and I doubt you can download at that speed.
-
I can verify that - I live here!
My speed is 384kbps as that is what I pay for but.....my download speed is around 40kbps! Still better than dial up! It costs my friend I do some work for around R550 per month (+- $70) for my adsl line + 3 GB's of data...
Our fastest speed is 4mbps but costs over R1000 per month and I doubt you can download at that speed.
-CleverCat
Actually slower than dial-up - I used to get 46kbps on 54k dial up service in the UK.
-
Here in 'Darkest Africa' things are a little different! ;) and there is no such thing as 'unlimited download bandwidth' like in other countries! :down:
-
My speed is 384kbps as that is what I pay for but.....my download speed is around 40kbps! Still better than dial up! It costs my friend I do some work for around R550 per month (+- $70) for my adsl line + 3 GB's of data...-CleverCat
I hope that by "40kbps" you mean kbyte and not kbit... otherwise you're getting screwed pretty bad :( - and 3GB data per month? Uuuugh.
-
When people talk about internet speeds they invariably talk about Japan, select European countries, and other places that get to bask in the glory of 50+ mbps speeds. Places like Africa are nearly never mentioned & a lot of us neglect to 'remember' how much better we have it over others and that neglect extends a lot farther than just internet speeds as well.
In a digital world full of web pages heavy with crap like Flash, Java, and other crap & even a free AV program weighs in at 80+ MB the internet is developing into a world of haves and have-nots. It's not just about having internet access anymore. One needs to have fast internet access speeds in order to function well on today's information super-highway.
I had the opportunity the other day to watch someone trying to use eBay on a dial-up connection. It was mostly an exercise in frustration with mediocre results. What should be a web site with some images, some words, and a few text input fields was a bloated, sluggish experience on a dial-up modem.
-
Yes kbytes - fortunately! ;D and yes I have to watch my downloads :( but on the upside if I run out I can use 10GB locally - fat lot of good that is! :o
-
The story may be true, but who wants to carry a pigeon?
-cranioscopical
Somebody p-mailing the recipe of Pigeon Pie to a pie maker?
-
The story may be true, but who wants to carry a pigeon?
-cranioscopical
Somebody p-mailing the recipe of Pigeon Pie to a pie maker?
-Perry Mowbray
Unless it was Simon I'll take that one with a pinch of salt.
-
;D