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Re: SA pigeon 'faster than broadband'

From: Jeff Kell <jeff-kell () utc edu>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:36:34 -0400

William Allen Simpson wrote:


http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8248056.stm?ad=1


Update needed for RFC 1149 (1 April 1990),
A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers


Truly practical with today's storage media... if the Wiki story is
correct, it was a 4Gb memory stick
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet under "Usage Examples"). There
was the old "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full
of tapes hurtling down the highway. —Tanenbaum, Andrew S." but then a
pigeon would have trouble hauling 9-track tapes :-)

Jeff

Current thread:

SA pigeon 'faster than broadband' William Allen Simpson (Sep 11)
- Re: SA pigeon 'faster than broadband' D'Arcy J.M. Cain (Sep 11)
- Re: SA pigeon 'faster than broadband' Jeff Kell (Sep 11)
  - Re: SA pigeon 'faster than broadband' Michael Thomas (Sep 11)
  - Re: SA pigeon 'faster than broadband' Steven M. Bellovin (Sep 11)
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- Re: SA pigeon 'faster than broadband' Scott Weeks (Sep 11)
  - Re: SA pigeon 'faster than broadband' William Herrin (Sep 11)
    - Re: SA pigeon 'faster than broadband' Nick Hilliard (Sep 11)
    - RE: SA pigeon 'faster than broadband' Holmes,David A (Sep 11)
  - Re: SA pigeon 'faster than broadband' Colin Alston (Sep 22)
- Re: SA pigeon 'faster than broadband' Scott Weeks (Sep 11)
  - Re: SA pigeon 'faster than broadband' Richard Bennett (Sep 11)
    - Re: SA pigeon 'faster than broadband' Christopher Hart (Sep 11)