Inspired by RFC 1149 · The 1990 pigeon internet protocol

File delivery.
With wings.

The internet has had wings since 1990. Seriously. RFC 1149 proposed sending IP datagrams by carrier pigeon. Cloud storage? So last century. Meet the world's first* premium, feather-powered file transfer experience. Upload your file. Pick a destination. We'll dispatch a highly trained pigeon.

🕊️ Dispatch a pigeon   ↗
99.9%Bird enthusiasm
0 MbpsGuaranteed bandwidth
∞Natural latency
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AIR MAIL
FIRST CLUCK
Pigeon dispatch terminal

Ready for takeoff?

Our birds are standing by. Most of them. Gerald is on his lunch break.

Use a made-up address. We don't send anything, and no address is transmitted or saved.

Ten licensed-ish pigeons. Select a compact crew card on the left to inspect their entirely unverified credentials on the right.

Skylar the pigeon
YOUR CHOSEN CARRIER

Skylar

Express Delivery Specialist

Flight speed
Data transfer rate*
Packet reliability*
Specialism

🪶 Personnel file: highly confidential-ish

*All performance metrics are fictional, unscientific and not suitable for procurement decisions.

🔒 Your file stays on your device.
Flight manifest

🛫 Your pigeon has been dispatched!

Assigned carrier pigeon portrait
YOUR ASSIGNED AVIATOR

Gerald

Delivery number
ProtocolRFC 1149
Cargo
Destination
Recipient
Estimated arrival
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Preparing pigeon for departure...

    Flight demonstrations run locally in your browser. No files or recipient details are sent or delivered.

    Cutting-edge ornithology.

    A robust, three-step process tested on at least one very cooperative pigeon.

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    01. Select cargo

    Pick a file from your device. We assess its suitability for ankle-mounted data transport. (Your file stays on your device.)

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    02. Deploy pigeon

    Our dispatch desk selects a bird with an excellent attitude and a deeply questionable sense of direction.

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    03. Await greatness

    Follow live-style flight updates. Estimated arrival: sometime between tomorrow and the heat death of the universe.

    The original specification

    Built on RFC 1149.
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    On 1 April 1990, David Waitzman published A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers. Originally published on April Fools’ Day, it proposed using birds as a physical transport medium. It describes using birds as a physical transport medium, complete with amusing notes on latency, collisions and the need for a suitable landing area. In 1999, RFC 2549 extended the specification with Quality of Service. In 2011, RFC 6214 brought IPv6 to avian carriers. We proudly continue this exceptionally feathered networking tradition.

    Read the original RFC 1149 ↗ · QoS update RFC 2549 ↗ · IPv6 RFC 6214 ↗
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