[SGVLUG] Newer is not always faster...

Emerson, Tom (*IC) Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com
Fri Sep 11 16:58:32 PDT 2009


>From my other computer list:
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Of course this is only true if you consider DSL to be Broadband.

-Craig


Carrier Pigeon Faster Than Broadband Internet

http://www.physorg.com/news171883994.html

(PhysOrg.com) -- In South Africa, a carrier pigeon carrying a 4GB memory stick proved to be faster than the ADSL service from the country's biggest web firm, Telkom. Winston the pigeon took one hour and eight minutes to carry the data across the 60-mile course, and it took another hour to upload the data. During the same time, the ADSL had sent just 4% of the data.




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