[LINK] Pigeons transport 1 GB of data in 10 mins back to base

[rick]

<http://waitomo.co.nz/pigeonpix.html>

"Why?? Phone lines & telephone exchanges in this rural area are not of
  sufficient quality to efficiently transmit the amount of data required.
  We do not have access to high speed internet connections.
  Fortunately a pigeon will transmit up to 1 Gigabyte back the 20km from
  cave to base in around 10 minutes."

I thought this was a joke. But Waitomo Adventures is indeed using
pigeons for data transfer.

I don't believe an IP traffic was involved.


cheers
rickw


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