Pigeon power is faster than the internet

It is quite common to bit a little disappointed when your internet service provider says they are providing you with a certain internet speed and they are actually not. Download and upload speeds can vary and your provider will often use the age old excuse of you being too far from the exchange to get full usage.

A South African IT company that has had problems with internet speeds has finally found the solution – pigeon power. The company attached a 4GB memory stick to the pigeon’s leg and timed how long it took the bird to travel from one office in Howick to another in Durban. The bird took only two hours whereas the ASDL line the company used had only managed to send 4% of the same data in that time.

So, if you thought the internet was getting bigger all the time, think again, there is still a lot to be said for pigeon post.