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Snails Edge Out ADSL

Posted by timothy on from the little-tiny-station-wagons dept.

Anonymous writes "Dear Sirs, Following our experiment last year, and after long preparations, we have successfully proved that certain gastropods called African giant snails can be faster then ADSL and ... pigeons. The system we have used, called SNAP (SNAil-based data transfer Protocol), uses biological carriers (snails), and, for the first time, taking advantages of the unique merits of the wheel for data transfer. More details can be found here."

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  1. transatlanticism by fallendove · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Unfortunately, some users mistook "it's cargo" for "escargot" and reported data loss.

  2. cute, but by wk633 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    but 'faster than ADSL' in bandwidth only. Latency is important too- and for biological carrier class in general- sucks.