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SA pigeon 'faster than broadband'

Reported by on Friday, September 11 2009 5:55 pm

BBC news has an article on the ADSL speed of South Africa’s biggest broadband provider.  It may sound kind of ridiculous to use a pigeon carrying a 4Gb memory stick as a comparison to the broadband speed but nevertheless, an interesting read."Broadband promised to unite the world with super-fast data delivery - but in South Africa it seems the web is still no faster than a humble pigeon."News via [BBC]

SA pigeon 'faster than broadband'

BBC news has an article on the ADSL speed of South Africa’s biggest broadband provider.  It may sound kind of ridiculous to use a pigeon carrying a 4Gb memory stick as a comparison to the broadband speed but nevertheless, an interesting read.

"Broadband promised to unite the world with super-fast data delivery - but in South Africa it seems the web is still no faster than a humble pigeon."

News via [BBC]




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