伝書鳩の勝ち

Pigeon transfers data faster than South Africa's Telkom(Reuters)

Local news agency SAPA reported the 11-month-old pigeon, Winston, took one hour and eight minutes to fly the 80 km (50 miles) from Unlimited IT's offices near Pietermaritzburg to the coastal city of Durban with a data card was strapped to his leg.

Including downloading, the transfer took two hours, six minutes and 57 seconds -- the time it took for only four percent of the data to be transferred using a Telkom line.

南アフリカのお話，ネットの遅さに業を煮やしたIT企業が行ったパフォーマンスらしいですが，ダウンロードするより80km先まで伝書鳩のウィンストン君（１１ヶ月）にデータカードをくくりつけて飛ばした方が圧倒的に早かったんだそうで(^^;

たしかに，これではワールドカップ・サッカーも心配ですねえ．