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

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Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet
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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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Yeah, but having that ping time of 36,000,000ms really kind of sucks.

Error-correction for dropped packets is also pretty shit.

oh, that's what's on my car.

Also having to manually bring the pigeon back to the launching site, because pigeons only work one way.

What if you attached two one-way pigeons together to make a two-way pidgeon? It would probably take a piece of string, and a coconut...

What if you make it carry N+M separate flash drives configured in a Raid Z(M) format.. allowing for up to M-1 dropped packets.

That help ensure data integrity provided the pigeon gets there, but would not help the pigeon get there any faster.

Oops I think I replied to the wrong comment lol

Someone commented about error coreection