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Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology

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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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[–] MeanEYE 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Interestingly enough NASA still sends data this way. Huge HDD delivered by hand. Not all data, but I remember reading about some satellite images and similar data where latency doesn't matter. Can't beat good old box full of HDD.

[–] glorious_albus 14 points 1 year ago

I wondered why NASA was using pigeons till I read the rest of your comment.

[–] smitty 13 points 1 year ago

yep, radio telescopes send data this way, thats how SETI@home got the Arecibo data

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It was 10 years ago so I don't know what is the practice now but the "offsite backup" solution in my office was taking a hard drive to a safe at the local bank.

Every week someone would go to the bank to switch the drive that is stored there.