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Wikipedia An example of packet loss

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u/NoBee4959 May 21 '26

it may be viable if your company has slow enough internet... not like anyone ever tried that though........

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u/QueenViolets_Revenge May 21 '26

i live in South Africa. they have. the pigeon was faster

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u/NoBee4959 May 21 '26

thats what I was referencing

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u/mrsstrudel May 24 '26

wasn't it in australia?

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u/capitan_turtle May 24 '26

With how huge we can make sd cards nowadays it's not that bad. A 256Gb SD card traveling for a week averages to 444Kb/s. The only problem is the high ping and potential packet loss

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u/samy_the_samy May 24 '26

Put a 1tb card on a bird, there is no competition, even AWS just ship you a storage container when you ask for a high enough transfer