SA pigeon 'faster than broadband'

[darcy at druid.net (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)]

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:43:07 -0400
William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8248056.stm?ad=1

Twenty five years ago we said "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a
station wagon full of mag tapes hurtling down the highway."  The tapes
have got smaller as has the station wagon which has also grown wings
and a self-directing control system.  That's progress.

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