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Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet (www.tomshardware.com)
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Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet::A decade ago, a pigeon with a 4 GB memory stick outran an ISP’s ADSL service. A 2023 rematch features a bird with 3 TB of flash drives vs gigabit internet.

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[–] zikk_transport2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Jokes aside, but you also have to upload & download data from portable storage.

[–] Heggico@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

He included those transfers as well. He used usb sticks with an actual SSD chip, since those are faster to read/write from.

[–] devils_advocate@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

If it's mounted, what's the difference?