Winston, My New Hero!
Meet my latest hero – Winston the carrier pigeon - Winston put Telkom to shame after proving that he could deliver 4GB of data faster than a Telkom ADSL line. Braving bad weather and predatory hawks, Winston flew 80km to deliver the 4GB of data to the head office of The Unlimited, an IT company.
Winston delivered the memory card, which was strapped to his leg, in 2 hours 6 minutes and 57 seconds beating Telkom’s estimated download time of 2 days. By the time the memory card was retrieved and downloaded, the ADSL line had only managed to download 100MB of data.
Telkom declined to be interviewed – why am I not surprised – and asked that all questions be sent via email. Based on my vast experience with how Telkom handles enquiries, I won’t be in the least bit surprised if we don’t hear from them. Losers!
Hooray for Winston!
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“Telkom would like to clarify that the company cannot be blamed for this particular customer’s lack of throughput speeds,” Troy Hector, executive of business sales and ICT business solutions, told Sapa in an e-mail on Thursday.
“Several recommendations have, in the past, been made to the customer but none of these have, to date, been accepted. It must also be noted that Telkom is not the customer’s core service provider,” said Hector.
Yes, but whose infrastructure is the other service provider using, Hector?
I don’t know If I said it already but …Hey good stuff…keep up the good work!
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A definite great read..Jim Bean