New meaning for 'snail mail'
Via Boing Boing:
Called SNAP (SNAil-based data transfer Protocol), the system uses "biological carriers, and, for the first time, taking advantages of the unique merits of the wheel for data transfer." Test results showed that SNAP (at 37,000 kbps) is significantly faster than ADSL (1,500 kbps) and WiFly TCP (Transmission by Carrier Pigeons, also known as "IP over Avian Carrier") (2,270 kbps), which has a glaring limitation of not being able to "fly through Windows".
A distinct disadvantage of SNAP is the risk of DOS (denial-of-service), "most notably in France, (where) culinary habits may pose a risk -- French users will have to choose whether they want to be served data-ex-cargo or an escargot."
At the recent KinnerNet 2005 [Israeli version of Foo Camp], [co-founder Yossi] Vardi and his pals Shimon Schocken and Ami Ben-Basat demonstrated that snails can be faster at data delivery than both ADSL and pigeons.
Called SNAP (SNAil-based data transfer Protocol), the system uses "biological carriers, and, for the first time, taking advantages of the unique merits of the wheel for data transfer." Test results showed that SNAP (at 37,000 kbps) is significantly faster than ADSL (1,500 kbps) and WiFly TCP (Transmission by Carrier Pigeons, also known as "IP over Avian Carrier") (2,270 kbps), which has a glaring limitation of not being able to "fly through Windows".
A distinct disadvantage of SNAP is the risk of DOS (denial-of-service), "most notably in France, (where) culinary habits may pose a risk -- French users will have to choose whether they want to be served data-ex-cargo or an escargot."
[...] Here’s an interesting technical tidbit: Israeli IT specialists have successfully demonstrated that snails can deliver data faster than ADSL (digital subscriber lines, as in from PLDT services, etc.). [...]
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