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One SD card seems to weight about 2G. Considering the pigeon could carry 30-50G (depending on source), it seems they could carry about 15TB - 25TB in one go, flying up to ~100km/hour. Not sure how that would compare to a fiber-optic connection though. But for short distances it must surely have a higher bandwidth.



Now is it a European pigeon or an African pigeon?

Kidding aside, I really appreciate that you got an accurate estimate on how much data a pigeon could potentially deliver today.




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