Data transfer: Pigeon faster than net in SA

I was thinking that the broadband what i am using in slow and everyday i think that if how helpful for me if i get a broadband by which i can download few GB's of data within seconds.
But after reading below article from Times of india i thought how better i am when compared with the people who are using broadband which is nothing for.

A South African information technology company on Wednesday proved it was faster for them to transmit data with a carrier pigeon than
to send it using Telkom , the country’s leading internet service provider.

Internet speed and connectivity in Africa’s largest economy are poor because of a bandwidth shortage. It is also expensive. The 11-month-old pigeon, Winston, took one hour and eight minutes to fly the 80km from Pietermaritzburg to Durban with a data card was strapped to his leg.

Including downloading, the transfer took two hours, six minutes and 57 seconds — the time it took for only 4% of the data to be transferred using a Telkom line.

Courtesy:Times of India