In a race to transfer four gigabytes of data securely between two company offices 80km (50 miles) apart, pigeon Winston arrived with his encrypted memory stick in 2hr 6min 57sec - when the rival download was only four per cent complete. A pigeon: better than a dodgy internet connection? With practice, Winston's trainers think he can get the flight down to 45 minutes, against six hours by internet.
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