[NM]

Originally Posted by oz_mark

Reminds me of what my lecturer once said. Never underestimate the bandwidth of a car full of computer tapes.

However, the latency can be an problem. And if using a single car, then packet loss and redundancy are also a problem .

We regularly refer to the bandwidth of a Jiffy Bag .

[dubno]

Originally Posted by toowongman

That is true. I couriered a hard drive (120 gig) of data from Brisbane to Perth back in 2003. It was urgent, and quicker than using the net connection we had at the time.

I remember couriering an original Brancusi artwork from LHR to Stuttgart for my work years back. The ticket was 600 quid and I didn't even get to sit in CE! I just couldn't figure out how it was worth a discount y return LHR-SYD

If only I knew then what i knew now, I'd have got more than a day out of the office out of it.

Rich

[danielribo]

A few times recently I've flown to Dubbo or Orange to deliver papers where the regular mail service is slow. Hop off the flight, hand over the documents, get right back on the same plane to SYD. Always get an odd look from the FA...

[JohnK]

I know someone who is occassionally flown to all sorts of destinations to courier vital documents. Just recently, at very short notice, he was asked to go to Dubai and return after spending 8 hours over there.

It is a highly sought after position as the travel is always business class and he is paid hourly for all the time he is away, including time spent at the airport and in the air.

[littl_flier]

A colleague of mine when on secondment in London had a couriering job after some important 'documents' got lost in the post and needed to be signed by several board of directors of a NYSE listed company so it could be released. Over the next three days, this individual visited Prague, Barbados, New York and Athens to have the master signed off. Now that's a junket and a half but the client was more than happy to fly him first class.

Don't think there's many missions/junkets like that anymore.