"Internet speed and connectivity in Africa's largest economy are poor because of a bandwidth shortage. It is also expensive. Local news agency SAPA reported the 11-month-old pigeon, Winston, took one hour and eight minutes to fly the 80 km (50 miles) from Unlimited IT's offices near Pietermaritzburg to the coastal city of Durban with a data card was strapped to his leg. Including downloading, the transfer took two hours, six minutes and 57 seconds -- the time it took for only four percent of the data to be transferred using a Telkom line."
I can say from personal experience of having to deal with the primary local telecom provider in South Africa over the last several month that their service is, in fact, shit. This story rings very true to me. It almost makes me want to have one of my guys do a cost analysis on replacing our remote office connections with carrier pigeons.
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