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Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet::A decade ago, a pigeon with a 4 GB memory stick outran an ISP’s ADSL service. A 2023 rematch features a bird with 3 TB of flash drives vs gigabit internet.

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lag is a real bitch though...

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yea, and packet size is enormous, so one lost packet is catastrophic...

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is why you use TCP: Trusted Concurrent Pigeons.

Trusted Pigeons so that a simple hash check can prove the veracity of your data AND provide a free dedupe / data integrity check for when multiple/single packets arrive.

Concurrent Pigeons so that transmission issues don't impact latency (throughput is essentially unlimited here, assuming sufficient pigeons)

Downsides include needing to implement a pigeon cache and power (birdfood) requirement increases.

[–] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 year ago

You forgot about the interference (bird shit) it'll cause with other things throughout the ~~data~~ highway

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Telnet sucks bad with Pigeonet