A piece of the world's oddest network deployment has gone up for auction — if you fancy owning a piece of pigeon-powered internet, it can be yours for just $4,000
- A printed data packet has been sold at auction via Christie’s
- The sale price was $24,600 for a piece of paper that was once secured to a pigeon’s leg
- Pigeon internet began life as an April Fool’s proposal
A printed internet packet intended has been sold at auction for $24,600 (close to £20,800) at Christie’s - and while the lot had a listing of a comparatively modest $4,000 (call it £3,040), it had attracted considerable attention due to the fact that it was deployed via carrier pigeon.
The lot is a rare survivor of a 2001 experiment into the concept of pigeon-powered internet. Initially conceived as an April Fool’s joke, the ruse was embraced by the early Linux community, resulting in a 2001 proof of concept, which employed a racing pigeons.
Sold as part of Christie’s “Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts Including Americana and Science” auction, the tiny scroll came...
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