Try as we might, we just can’t beat Nature

Even if it’s in a race between broadband, and … a homing pigeon.

Guess who won?

A South African IT firm has come up with a new way of transferring data to its head office that is even faster than broadband.

And it does not involve the latest cutting-edge technology - rather of method of communication that predates even the telegram.

The firm Unlimited IT were experiencing transmission problems sending data files and voice logs, from its satellite office to its headquarters.

Someone thought, it would be quicker to send the information via homing pigeon - and they were right.

It took just over an hour to download their material onto a data card.

Winston, the pigeon, then flew the card over 80 kilometres in just one hour and eight minutes - a total time of two hours and seven minutes.

Telkom had only managed to transfer four per cent of the material in that time.

This takes “thinking outside the box” into the skies, doesn’t it?

(via The Daily Grail)