Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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."

2 of 149 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Real time of sneaker net by Yvan256 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't read the articles or comments, what makes you think I'm going to read the address bar?

  2. i'm sick and tired by circletimessquare · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    of these motherfucking raptors on this motherfucking plane!

    --
    intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it