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    Pigeon is faster than broadband

    http://news.uk.msn.com/odd-news/arti...ntid=149628867

    Latency could be a little bit of an issue though...
    Along with a number of dropped packets...
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    Re: Pigeon is faster than broadband

    My parents live out there & its painfull, especially when mated to a 1gb monthly allowance! . Off peak you might be lucky to get 256k, on peak/daytime it drops to 56k! That more or less rules out looking at anything except google home page & website in their mobile phone compatible modes.

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    Re: Pigeon is faster than broadband

    Quote Originally Posted by FatalSaviour View Post
    Along with a number of dropped packets...
    har har har

    anyway though, thats a damn site better than it used to be with dialup trying to copy 500megs and "quicker by royal mail"

    this guy doesn't know how good he has it
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    Re: Pigeon is faster than broadband

    it wont beat my 24mb connection :L

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    Re: Pigeon is faster than broadband

    bit of a stupid experiment, i'm sure i could throw a usb stick to my next door neighbour quicker than i could upload to them, doesn't really tell us anything lol

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    Re: Pigeon is faster than broadband

    tanker is faster than the main trunk between the UK and the USA if I fill it to the brim with 32GB memory cards.
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    Re: Pigeon is faster than broadband

    Quote Originally Posted by Jay View Post
    tanker is faster than the main trunk between the UK and the USA if I fill it to the brim with 32GB memory cards.
    Right, you're on.


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    Re: Pigeon is faster than broadband

    Quote Originally Posted by Jay View Post
    tanker is faster than the main trunk between the UK and the USA if I fill it to the brim with 32GB memory cards.
    you have to take into account the time it takes to load and offload the data from the memory sticks, who would want to sit there for days/weeks/months just copying data off usb sticks -.-;

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    Re: Pigeon is faster than broadband

    10000000000 computers and hellpers.
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    Re: Pigeon is faster than broadband

    cargo ship filled to the brim with 2TB drives, see, the whole thing is waste of time really

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    Re: Pigeon is faster than broadband

    It does raise an interesting question though for companies who move large amounts of static data. Is it in fact easier to simply copy the contents locally and then use a courier to get them to your remote site?

    Also, are we finally reaching the stage where file sizes for some digital applications have outstripped our resources to deliver them? Should we be looking at mirroring popular data to local resource centres instead of putting an ever-increasing strain on our major interconnects.

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    Re: Pigeon is faster than broadband

    The official spec is IPoAC (IP over Avionic Carrier)

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    Re: Pigeon is faster than broadband

    Quote Originally Posted by Lucio View Post
    It does raise an interesting question though for companies who move large amounts of static data. Is it in fact easier to simply copy the contents locally and then use a courier to get them to your remote site?

    Also, are we finally reaching the stage where file sizes for some digital applications have outstripped our resources to deliver them? Should we be looking at mirroring popular data to local resource centres instead of putting an ever-increasing strain on our major interconnects.
    Both are already done.

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