Maes Posted September 16, 2009 I cen believe that. An extreme example of high bandwidth, high latency communications. After all, carrier pigeons were already proven to be TCP/IP compliant. 0 Share this post Link to post
Super Jamie Posted September 16, 2009 I call porkies on this one. Yes, it's quicker to transfer 4Gb physically across town (2.5 hours) than over 384k ADSL (~25 hours) because your company is too stingy to pay your provider for a faster pipe and/or to pay the bill because Telkom have such a monopoly that they actually charge for every byte you put over the link in addition to your monthly fee. I have a router in RSA on Telkom right now. It's slow compared to what us lucky people in developed Western countries are used to, but it's consistent and definitely not the worst I've experienced. Thailand for instance has terrible internet, the entire country only has 62Gbps international bandwidth. South Africa currently has about double that. The biggest problem with DSL services in RSA is keeping the damn copper. It's worth so much to sell to scrap metal vendors people literally steal the phonelines right out of the ground. 0 Share this post Link to post
TheDarkArchon Posted September 16, 2009 OK, who else read SA as "Something Awful" rather than "South Africa". I can't be the only one. 0 Share this post Link to post
The Ultimate DooMer Posted September 16, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet 0 Share this post Link to post
Doom_Dude Posted September 16, 2009 TheDarkArchon said:OK, who else read SA as "Something Awful" rather than "South Africa". I can't be the only one. Haha, that's what I thought as well. 0 Share this post Link to post
SyntherAugustus Posted September 17, 2009 TheDarkArchon said:OK, who else read SA as "Something Awful" rather than "South Africa". I can't be the only one. Me and my housemate just did. 0 Share this post Link to post
Technician Posted September 17, 2009 It's not conclusive sine they shot this bird out of a circus canon. 0 Share this post Link to post
AndrewB Posted September 17, 2009 TheDarkArchon said:OK, who else read SA as "Something Awful" rather than "South Africa". I can't be the only one. I don't think I've visited that site in three years. Otherwise I probably would have read it that way. 0 Share this post Link to post
Siggi Posted September 17, 2009 This article is amusing, but the bigger problem is the cost and the limitations on bandwidth usage. Your average home DSL user is limited to between 1 and 3 gigs a month (up and down). What we learn from this is that the internet in SA has a very long way to go before it can compare with the rest of the world. 0 Share this post Link to post
Blargharghargh Posted September 17, 2009 Y'know, I really like this article, it makes me want to get a bunch of hippies and start taping DVDs to their frisbees... 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted September 17, 2009 One could also load 4 million GB into a backpack and walk with it somewhere, faster than over broadband :p TheDarkArchon said: OK, who else read SA as "Something Awful" rather than "South Africa". I can't be the only one. I was guessing between "Something Awful" and "South American". 0 Share this post Link to post
arrrgh Posted September 17, 2009 myk said:One could also load 4 million GB into a backpack and walk with it somewhere, faster than over broadband :p Sneakernets 0 Share this post Link to post
Torn Posted September 18, 2009 TheDarkArchon said:OK, who else read SA as "Something Awful" rather than "South Africa". I can't be the only one. Ditto 0 Share this post Link to post