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SA's Largest Telecomms Provider vs. a Pigeon

Posted by samzenpus on from the may-the-best-bird-win dept.

dagwud writes "Just a few days after this Slashdot article, South Africa's largest telecoms provider, Telkom (which has been taking flak for years for its shoddy and overpriced service), is being pitted against a homing pigeon to see which can deliver 4GB of call centre data logs quickest over a distance of around 80km (50 miles). According to the official website, the race is set to take place September 10."

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  1. Homers rule! by certain+death · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I wonder if they will be using an RFC compliant pigeon... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers

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    "My immediate reaction is "WTF? What kind of moron doesn't make things 64-bit safe to begin with?" Linus
  2. Re:The question is... by LaminatorX · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I would assume African, given the locale.