Just got this off of Russ Keplers machining list. Since we were running a bit slow this alternative might work.

>IT specialists in South Africa have proven that ADSL from the country's
>biggest web firm Telkom is slower than a carrier pigeon.
>
>An IT company in Durban decided to race the pigeon against uploading
>data over ADSL from it's call centre in Howick to it's office in Durban.
>'Winston' the pigeon carried a 4GB microSD memory card between the sites
>which are approximately 60 km apart. To ensure the test was fair, rules
>of the test included "no cats allowed" and "birdseed must not have any
>performance-enhancing seeds within".
>
>The results of the test showed that Winston completed the transfer in
>2hrs 6 minutes and 57 seconds (from uploading data on the card to
>completion of download from the card) giving a transfer rate of 4.2 Mbps
>(megabits per second).
>
>The ADSL transfer of the same data was only 4% complete when the pigeon
>won the race.
>
>Telkom, the ADSL provider said it wasn't to blame for the slow broadband
>speeds. A Telkom spokesperson said
>
>"Several recommendations have been made to the customer but none of
>these have, to date, been accepted."
>
>More details about the race, including the rules and Winston's route can
>be found at
www.pigeonrace2009.co.za.