Winston the pigeon, shown here with his girlfriend Paloma after the two were arrested for indecent exposure, beat South Africa's leading internet provider Telkom in a test to see whether data downloaded on a Telkom connection could beat Winston's 50 mile (80 km) flight from Pietermaritzburg to the coastal city of Durban with a data card strapped to his leg.
Turns out that by the time Winston reached Durban (a little over 2 hours), delivered his data card to a human who downloaded the data, only 4% of the data had been downloaded on a line provided by Telkom.
The contest was arranged by Unlimited IT after the company became frustrated with slow data transmission. Seems that's a big problem throughout Africa. If it's like this in South Africa, I can imagine what it's like in a place like Angola.
Here is the complete story from Reuters, who also provided the picture.
Hard to believe that I've finally found a company that makes Qwest look good. But Winston has Qwest beat.
“I called one of them 900 sex-talk numbers. Got a gal who stuttered. Cost me $1700.” – Larry the Cable Guy
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