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Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet::A decade ago, a pigeon with a 4 GB memory stick outran an ISP’s ADSL service. A 2023 rematch features a bird with 3 TB of flash drives vs gigabit internet.

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[–] [email protected] 225 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah, but having that ping time of 36,000,000ms really kind of sucks.

[–] [email protected] 155 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Error-correction for dropped packets is also pretty shit.

[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 year ago

oh, that's what's on my car.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Also having to manually bring the pigeon back to the launching site, because pigeons only work one way.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

What if you attached two one-way pigeons together to make a two-way pidgeon? It would probably take a piece of string, and a coconut...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What if you make it carry N+M separate flash drives configured in a Raid Z(M) format.. allowing for up to M-1 dropped packets.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That help ensure data integrity provided the pigeon gets there, but would not help the pigeon get there any faster.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oops I think I replied to the wrong comment lol

Someone commented about error coreection