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He was out of phone as well as Internet contact. Maybe HN should send homing pigeons when a link gets popular?

Maybe HN should send homing pigeons when a link gets popular?

Finally! The perfect application for RFC-1149[1]. And people said it was just an April Fool's Day joke!

Ping times were rather atrocious.

Alternatively, the ping times were great considering that pigeons were the transport.

The complaints from people at each hop were also a major issue.

This would be helpful for entrepreneurs in South Africa as well... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8248056.stm

That is a brilliant story. Especially enjoyable because I don't live in SA anymore. Thanks for making me chuckle!

Maybe the service would come with a satellite phone. I'd like that.