Tech Talk: We here in NZ should take a hint from South Africa

Tired of your slow.. slow.. Internet? Did it take you 5 minutes to load this blog?

Well your solution has arrived!

Introducing the grand technology of the homing pigeon.

In a protest against the slow Internet speeds provided in South Africa by Unlimited IT, a group of users ran a 60-mile data race.

4GB of data was sent via 2 methods:

1) The standard transfer via the ADSL line.

2) A 4GB flash drive sent with a homing pigeon.

The pigeon arrived at it's destination in just over an hour and by the time the data was transferred to the PC the time was closer to 2 hours.

How was the ADSL doing after 2 hours?

Just reached 4%.

As you can see some countries out there (NZ Anybody) have some shocking Internet speeds, usually caused by a certain company using unscrupulous business practices in an attempt to maintain a monopoly.

As for me, the thought of kidnapping one of the pigeons in Albert Park has got a lot more tempting.

[Via Engadget]