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> From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] 
> On Behalf Of Tony B
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:47 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [CGUYS] US broadband: could be worse
> 
> This might actually work for us too, since video files are still too
> large to transfer via the internet. I wonder how many 3.5" drives a
> pigeon could carry? Or, how many pigeons would we need to reliably
> transfer say, 1tb of data via flash drives. I imagine some would get
> lost/killed, so there would need to be redundancy.

Yes, that's true. You'd need a RAIB (a Redundant Array of Independent Birds).


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