L4sBotSep 1, 2023

Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet

https://lemmy.world/post/4250367

Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet - Lemmy.world

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.

Show threadCazRaXSep 1, 2023
Can’t help but think that they are rigging this for the bird. Just calculate how long it takes the bird to get from here to there and then pick a capacity that takes longer to download.
Show threadnous
There are no winners or losers here and they are not suggesting you start uploading things via pigeons, just gives a more interesting way to talk about and get people to think about how large volumes of data can and are still moved around via trucks and ships.
Sep 1, 2023 at 4:32pmWeb