Internet in Germany

[George K]

https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/westfalen-lippe/pferd-internet-daten-transfer-wettbewerb-schmallenberg-100.html

(Google Translate)

In Schmallenberg-Oberkirchen, the " WOLL magazine" has started an unusual race: Who will get the files to their destination faster: a horse or the Internet?

It's about 4.5 gigabytes of photos that photographer Klaus-Peter Kappest would like to send to a printer. At home in Schmallenberg-Oberkirchen, he starts a data transfer over the Internet.

At the same time, mounted messengers set off with a DVD on which the photos were burned. It's about 10 kilometers to the destination. A well manageable route for trained riders and horses.

After a good hour they are there, while the bits in Oberkirchen are just sneaking through the copper cables. In the industrial areas of Schmallenberg there is already fiber optics, " but there are many companies in the villages here, " says Klaus-Peter Kappest.

There is a problem with the Telekom appointment

He is particularly frustrated that the fiber optic cable has been in his basement for eight months. Only a Telekom technician can connect that. But Klaus-Peter Kappest simply doesn't get an appointment.

Internet is still charging - horses already in the stable

Telekom replied in writing: " Unfortunately there was a delay in the civil engineering work for the main cable route. Mr. Kappest can book his connection with us by January 2021 at the latest. "

Couriers sit on horses The horses have beaten the copper cables by a long way

Back at the race, the files are still far from uploaded an hour later. The riders' horses are already back in the stable.

[bachophile]

Ok but those were fast horses. Not the ones pulling buggies in Central Park.

[Klaus]

I remember how back in college days in my networking class, the professor used to explain the independence of bandwidth and latency with the sentence "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a truck full of harddrives".