Is a carrier pigeon still faster than the Internet?

Bird beats Internet. Or does it? It hasn't been tested since 2009!

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Contents:

00:00 - Never underestimate bandwidth
01:22 - South Africa, 2009
01:45 - Homing Pigeon 101
03:09 - Time To Transfer
03:59 - Flight!
04:58 - Pigeon transfer speed
05:34 - I am become pigeon, transferer of data
07:17 - Flight to Canada
08:14 - Results
08:46 - Pigeon Data Transfer Equation
09:29 - Risks and problems - IPoAC