Bird beats broadband

Loved the comments on the news.The CEO said they are planning to implement it and the news reader said a tortoise wouldv'd been better competition!
 
Imagine the possibilities of transferring data with pigeons!............and then wake up in the real world. Yawn.
 
HIPP HIPP HOORAY!!!!

*crowd goes wild!

*Telkom in shock!! (By George! they cannot believe it!)

*SA has a better idea of how bad things are!!!

*Citizens demand the arrest of Telkom fat cats and accomplices in this crime to SA

*SAPS cuffs those responsible

*In the not too distant future.. signs of freedom emerge.. SA breaks free of the shackles after being held captive for all these years.. its like `94 all over again!
 
Alexcon said:
HIPP HIPP HOORAY!!!!

*crowd goes wild!

*Telkom in shock!! (By George! they cannot believe it!)

*SA has a better idea of how bad things are!!!

*Citizens demand the arrest of Telkom fat cats and accomplices in this crime to SA

*SAPS cuffs those responsible

*In the not too distant future.. signs of freedom emerge.. SA breaks free of the shackles after being held captive for all these years.. its like `94 all over again!
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And then you woke up and your coffee was cold!:D
 
No matter what you say, I still think Winston is cool, and a cool name for a pigeon!
 
Next year they reduce the data file to 1 gb .... and still the Pigeon wins ....
then 2011 they reduce it again to 500mb ..... ext.

if that was in the USA the Pigeon had no chance with 4gb ... MAYBE 10 gb
 
Low end call-centre operation

Well done to the pigeon, but poor marks to the call centre company:"The Unlimited company operates call centres in KwaZulu-Natal and must transmit data, including voice recordings of calls, to its head office every day."
How do you run a call centre operation with such poor data capacity?
All very well to blame it on Telkom, but they must be a back-door operation not to have looked at other suppliers with better capacity.
 
Gaz{M} said:
1) Homing pigeons cost thousands of rand.
2) This competition was set up with an arbitrary distance that would guarantee that the pigeon won. As some have stated, let's see winston beat any local broadband operator between major cities.
3) You can fill a donkey cart with 1 TB hard drives and beat SEACOM to Kenya. What does that prove?
3) This is a publicity stunt for a company no one has ever heard of.
4) ADSL only has a 512k upload speed which is not meant for GB uploads, but designed instead for internet downloads. At 4 mbps, 4GB would take <3 hrs which is close to the pigeon's time.
5) Let's see this test versus 3G, iBurst and Neotel too.
6) I'm having pigeon drumsticks for supper.
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Maybe you should remove that stick from your rump and see this situation for what it's supposed to be: freedom of speech against a company that's been sorely lacking in any customer satisfaction and quality of service. They pay R35K (R30K?) per month for those Telkom lines, not being able to upload 4GB in an hour or two is a disgrace... Why does someone always have to be such a sour grape when this entire situation is such a great way to raise awareness on the subject?!?!? :mad:
Taking life waaaaaay to seriously seems to be a South African trait these days.
 
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DJ... said:
Even if they bring awareness to a problem? Such as this one which highlights the pathetic standards of our broadband for those who have no frame of reference? It's pretty smart marketing on their part if you ask me - really well done. It's not intrusive, it's sociable, interactive, entertaining to an extent all the while promoting their company while highlighting a major issue with our country's telecoms situation...
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:D Agreed, especially the "not intrusive" part... we're being led to the story based on our collective bad experiences etc. instead of being forced to gag at some lame ad on TV or a billboard. Great stuff. :cool:
 
RaptorSA said:
Maybe you should remove that stick from your rump and see this situation for what it's supposed to be: freedom of speech against a company that's been sorely lacking in any customer satisfaction and quality of service. They pay R35K (R30K?) per month for those Telkom lines, not being able to upload 4GB in an hour or two is a disgrace... Why does someone always have to be such a sour grape when this entire situation is such a great way to raise awareness on the subject?!?!? :mad:
Taking life waaaaaay to seriously seems to be a South African trait these days.
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Agreed! Nicely said
 
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