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Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet (www.tomshardware.com)
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Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet::A decade ago, a pigeon with a 4 GB memory stick outran an ISP’s ADSL service. A 2023 rematch features a bird with 3 TB of flash drives vs gigabit internet.

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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 223 points 2 years ago

Yeah, but having that ping time of 36,000,000ms really kind of sucks.

[-] Tar_alcaran@lemmy.world 153 points 2 years ago

Error-correction for dropped packets is also pretty shit.

[-] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 79 points 2 years ago

oh, that's what's on my car.

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