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Pigeons' Bandwidth Advantage Quantified

Posted by timothy on from the breed-knoppix-pigeons dept.

An anonymous reader submits "A well documented test took place in the north of Israel, in presence of several dozen Internet geeks and experts. During the test, 3 homing pigeons carried 4 GB (gigabytes) for 100 km distance, achieving, what apparently looks as pigeons' world record in data transfer to a given distance. Bandwidth achieved by the pigeons was 2.27 Mbps...Transferring a similar volume of information through a common uplink of ADSL line would have taken no less than 96 hours..."

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  1. Back of envalope by brejc8 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    2.27 Mbps = 0.28375 MBps
    4 GB / 0.28375 MBps = 14097 secs
    14097 secs = 3h 54Mins
    100km / 3h 54Mins = 25.53 km/h
    25.53 km/h = 15.86 mph

    Not bad for laden little pigeons

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  2. Sure by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Fill up a cargo jet with full up hard drives and I'd bet you get really good bandwidth.