[jgroome]

He was out of phone as well as Internet contact. Maybe HN should send homing pigeons when a link gets popular?

[mindcrime]

Maybe HN should send homing pigeons when a link gets popular?

Finally! The perfect application for RFC-1149[1]. And people said it was just an April Fool's Day joke!

[1]: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt

[vidarh]

RFC 1149 has been implemented: http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/

Ping times were rather atrocious.

[daeken]

Alternatively, the ping times were great considering that pigeons were the transport.

[mkr-hn]

The complaints from people at each hop were also a major issue.

[nvr219]

This would be helpful for entrepreneurs in South Africa as well... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8248056.stm

[SeanDav]

That is a brilliant story. Especially enjoyable because I don't live in SA anymore. Thanks for making me chuckle!

[mapmeld]

Maybe the service would come with a satellite phone. I'd like that.