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Interesting article today on a study in the UK that demonstrated how 'slow' rural broadband can be there. They attached a USB drive with a 300mb video file to a carrier pigeon and timed how long it took the pigeon to transport it 75 miles. It took the pigeon 1.25 hours. At the same time, the broadband transfer was ony 25% done, 'proof' that rural broadband was just too slow.

Yeah, perhaps 100-200kbps is a wee bit on the slow side, but this is probably a perfect example of how a study can be manipulated to prove a point. I'm quite sure before they setup the study, they did some estimates as to how big the file needed to be and how close the two points would be to achieve the desired results.

Afterwards, I had this vision of the 'new technology' where carrier pigeons (or owls ala Harry Potter) are used to transfer p-mail (pigeon-mail) through the WWW (World Wide Wing).

All that I will say that if this ever comes to fuition, then I will be making some serious investments in umbrella companies!