Interesting Stat

One of my favorite sections in Time Magazine is the Briefing area where they list out some stats. Here's an interesting one:
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Time it took a South African company to download data using the nation's leading ISP- an hour longer than it took a carrier pigeon to transport the same data over 50 miles.

I knew the internet was slow there. This just confimed exactly how slow it is. I can't believe I lived through that. Although, life was a bit more simpler then versus now where high-speed internet/wi fi is available everywhere. I've also had to relearn life with a smartphone/blackberry. Not quite sure which life is better.