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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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[–] [email protected] 143 points 1 year ago (8 children)

"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of magnetic tapes hurtling down the highway"

[–] 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.

[–] smitty 13 points 1 year ago

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

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