Pigeon Faster than Broadband

[jfar]

BBC NEWS | Africa | Pigeon 'faster than broadband'

 

[holo88]

wow. sucks to be them.

reminds me of the "dark ages" .... 6 months ago, when i had a prepaid wireless setup.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

I've only ever used cable, I can't imagine life being so slow. :shock:

 

[tw33k]

I've only ever used cable, I can't imagine life being so slow. :shock:

Only ever used cable? Wow, u missed out on the days of dial-up? What a thrill those days were

 

[holo88]

I've only ever used cable, I can't imagine life being so slow. :shock:

Only ever used cable? Wow, u missed out on the days of dial-up? What a thrill those days were

indeed they were. the last run with dial up i had (haxzord cellphone on a piggyback server) was always a treat. would sometimes take up to a minute to downlad a single wallpaper. hell, it was free, so i wasnt complaining

 

[chuckr]

Telcom, South Africa

must be getting a lot of new subscribers, after that... :roflmao:

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

I've only ever used cable, I can't imagine life being so slow. :shock:

Only ever used cable? Wow, u missed out on the days of dial-up? What a thrill those days were

I don't feel as though I've missed something. :roflmao:

Telcom, South Africa

must be getting a lot of new subscribers, after that... :roflmao:

That would be a good ad to show new pigeon trainers.

 

[DirtRider]

This customer is using a 512 ADSL connection and they are using a different ISP to Telkom SA. So it would depend on how that ISP is shaping the account. With this said however our broadband this side sucks all in all.

We are also restricted to bandwidth I have two broadband accounts of 3 Gig each. Every day I get my usage report that looks like the below I won't go into other short falls we have to contend with as well. We are most likely paying more for this than what any other country is

The cost is as follows

Broadband account 3Gig = $68.48 per month
ADSL line rental = This you also pay for, don't have the cost of this right now but add this to your Broadband account

[SIZE=-1]ADSL bandwidth usage report[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]
[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Blended Usage[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Uploaded - [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]264MB or [0.25GB][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Downloaded - [/SIZE][SIZE=-1] 1.84GB [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Combined Total - [/SIZE][SIZE=-1] 2.10GB [/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Percentage used - [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]42.10%[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Status - [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]Not Capped[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]
[/SIZE] [SIZE=-1]Local Usage[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Uploaded - [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]0Bytes or [0.00GB][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Downloaded - [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]0Bytes or [0.00GB][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Combined Total - [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]0Bytes or [0.00GB][/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Local Bandwidth Allocated - [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]30.00GB

You will notice that we have a good size of local bandwidth, the only problem is most .co.za site are still hosted international because the high cost of hosting in South Africa. I know I do all my hosting in the USA and it is still far cheaper for me even with a 7 to 1 exchange rate
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[jfar]

Maybe the guys in District 9 have something to do with why it is so slow,

 

[Orbital Shark]

Maybe the guys in District 9 have something to do with why it is so slow,

Damn Alien wave form virus or something

 

[MaDDN3ss]

All these youngsters that missed dial up. Hell I even remember putting my phone receiver (yes, corded) onto my 900 baud modem. Modem hooked up to the computer via serial port.

 

[Orbital Shark]

I remeber the good old days of 5KB/s dial-up

Would take hours to download updated drivers/software through Windows Update. It was a simple case of 'Set WU to download & install at midnight' then go to bed

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

All these youngsters that missed dial up. Hell I even remember putting my phone receiver (yes, corded) onto my 900 baud modem. Modem hooked up to the computer via serial port.

Who's a youngster, I'm 50 years old.

 

[TGSoldier]

I remeber the good old days of 5KB/s dial-up

Would take hours to download updated drivers/software through Windows Update. It was a simple case of 'Set WU to download & install at midnight' then go to bed

I remember that.. HAHA.. and downloading err.. movies and stuff...

>.>

 

[Orbital Shark]

I'll be hones, I never downloaded movies and very few software. By the time it downloaded i'd have earnt the money to go to the shop to buy it

 

[Tews]

Ah, the good old days... downloading Netscape ... took all night...now it would only take a minute or so.... aint technology wonderful??

 

[jfar]

All these youngsters that missed dial up. Hell I even remember putting my phone receiver (yes, corded) onto my 900 baud modem. Modem hooked up to the computer via serial port.

Who's a youngster, I'm 50 years old.

That's young.

 

[jfar]

It brings me back to a few buddies of mine ,we used to call them the Younger Brothers.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Yeah they all got 'wounded' all right.

 

[Gilly]

revenue from next years world cup should help them out, sort these mid 90s download speeds