{"id":3428,"date":"2009-09-10T17:55:31","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T01:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/10\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\/"},"modified":"2009-09-10T17:55:31","modified_gmt":"2009-09-11T01:55:31","slug":"carrier-pigeon-beats-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/10\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrier Pigeon Beats Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nI once saw a Rogers advertisement on a bus saying “Rogers boardband internet is 1500000% faster than this bus.” Is it still true if the bus is transporting thousands of 1TB hard disks within Vancouver?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\nWinston the pigeon carries a 4GB memory stick across country<\/p>\n

Broadband promised to unite the world with super-fast data delivery – but in South Africa it seems the web is still no faster than a humble pigeon.<\/p>\n

A Durban IT company pitted an 11-month-old bird armed with a 4GB memory stick against the ADSL service from the country’s biggest web firm, Telkom.<\/p>\n

Winston the pigeon took two hours to carry the data 60 miles – in the same time the ADSL had sent 4% of the data.<\/p>\n

Telkom said it was not responsible for the firm’s slow internet speeds.<\/p>\n

The idea for the race came when a member of staff at Unlimited IT complained about the speed of data transmission on ADSL.<\/p>\n

He said it would be faster by carrier pigeon.<\/p>\n

“We renown ourselves on being innovative, so we decided to test that statement,” Unlimited’s Kevin Rolfe told the Beeld newspaper.<\/p>\n

‘No cats allowed’<\/p>\n

Winston took off from Unlimited IT’s call centre in the town of Howick to deliver the memory stick to the firm’s office in Durban.<\/p>\n

According to Winston’s website there were strict rules in place to ensure he had no unfair advantage.<\/p>\n

They included “no cats allowed” and “birdseed must not have any performance-enhancing seeds within”.<\/p>\n

The firm said Winston took one hour and eight minutes to fly between the offices, and the data took another hour to upload on to their system.<\/p>\n

Mr Rolfe said the ADSL transmission of the same data size was about 4% complete in the same time.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of South Africans followed the race on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter.<\/p>\n

“Winston is over the moon,” Mr Rolfe said.<\/p>\n

“He is happy to be back at the office and is now just chilling with his friends.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Telkom said it could not be blamed for slow broadband services at the Durban-based company.<\/p>\n

“Several recommendations have, in the past, been made to the customer but none of these have, to date, been accepted,” Telkom’s Troy Hector told South Africa’s Sapa news agency in an e-mail.<\/p>\n

South Africa is one of the countries hoping to benefit from three new fibre optic cables being laid around the African continent to improve internet connections. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I once saw a Rogers advertisement on a bus saying “Rogers boardband internet is 1500000% faster than this bus.” Is it still true if the bus is transporting thousands of 1TB hard disks within Vancouver?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"lc_iscn_info":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[184,519],"class_list":["post-3428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-_newsclips","tag-internet","tag-bbc"],"yoast_head":"\nCarrier Pigeon Beats Internet - \u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I once saw a Rogers advertisement on a bus saying "Rogers boardband internet is 1500000% faster than this bus." Is it still true if the bus is\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/10\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Carrier Pigeon Beats Internet - \u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I once saw a Rogers advertisement on a bus saying "Rogers boardband internet is 1500000% faster than this bus." Is it still true if the bus is\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/10\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/horace.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/horace.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-09-11T01:55:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"hevangel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@horaceorg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@horaceorg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"hevangel\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/09\\\/10\\\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/09\\\/10\\\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"hevangel\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c8d9e8e7a71d343b4b2c4ef4365cdb4c\"},\"headline\":\"Carrier Pigeon Beats Internet\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-09-11T01:55:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/09\\\/10\\\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":411,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c8d9e8e7a71d343b4b2c4ef4365cdb4c\"},\"keywords\":[\"internet\",\"bbc\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News Clips\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/09\\\/10\\\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/09\\\/10\\\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/09\\\/10\\\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\\\/\",\"name\":\"Carrier Pigeon Beats Internet - \u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-09-11T01:55:31+00:00\",\"description\":\"I once saw a Rogers advertisement on a bus saying \\\"Rogers boardband internet is 1500000% faster than this bus.\\\" Is it still true if the bus is\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/09\\\/10\\\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/09\\\/10\\\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/2009\\\/09\\\/10\\\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Carrier Pigeon Beats Internet\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp\",\"description\":\"\u860b\u679c\u65e5\u5831\u4f5c\u8005 - \u9673\u99ac\uff1a\u66f8\u8a55\uff0c\u5f71\u8a55\uff0c\u52d5\u6f2b\uff0c\u65c5\u884c\uff0c\u54f2\u5b78\u7b46\u8a18\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c8d9e8e7a71d343b4b2c4ef4365cdb4c\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c8d9e8e7a71d343b4b2c4ef4365cdb4c\",\"name\":\"hevangel\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/spocky.jpg?fit=1313%2C1259&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/spocky.jpg?fit=1313%2C1259&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/spocky.jpg?fit=1313%2C1259&ssl=1\",\"width\":1313,\"height\":1259,\"caption\":\"hevangel\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/11\\\/spocky.jpg?fit=1313%2C1259&ssl=1\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/horace.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horace.org\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/hevangel-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Carrier Pigeon Beats Internet - \u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp","description":"I once saw a Rogers advertisement on a bus saying \"Rogers boardband internet is 1500000% faster than this bus.\" Is it still true if the bus is","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/10\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Carrier Pigeon Beats Internet - \u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp","og_description":"I once saw a Rogers advertisement on a bus saying \"Rogers boardband internet is 1500000% faster than this bus.\" Is it still true if the bus is","og_url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/10\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\/","og_site_name":"\u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/horace.org","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/horace.org","article_published_time":"2009-09-11T01:55:31+00:00","author":"hevangel","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@horaceorg","twitter_site":"@horaceorg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"hevangel","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/10\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/10\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\/"},"author":{"name":"hevangel","@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c8d9e8e7a71d343b4b2c4ef4365cdb4c"},"headline":"Carrier Pigeon Beats Internet","datePublished":"2009-09-11T01:55:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/10\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\/"},"wordCount":411,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c8d9e8e7a71d343b4b2c4ef4365cdb4c"},"keywords":["internet","bbc"],"articleSection":["News Clips"],"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/10\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/10\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\/","url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/10\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\/","name":"Carrier Pigeon Beats Internet - \u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-09-11T01:55:31+00:00","description":"I once saw a Rogers advertisement on a bus saying \"Rogers boardband internet is 1500000% faster than this bus.\" Is it still true if the bus is","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/10\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/10\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/10\/carrier-pigeon-beats-internet\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Carrier Pigeon Beats Internet"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/","name":"\u54f2\u5b50\u6232 Philosophist\u2019s Camp","description":"\u860b\u679c\u65e5\u5831\u4f5c\u8005 - \u9673\u99ac\uff1a\u66f8\u8a55\uff0c\u5f71\u8a55\uff0c\u52d5\u6f2b\uff0c\u65c5\u884c\uff0c\u54f2\u5b78\u7b46\u8a18","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c8d9e8e7a71d343b4b2c4ef4365cdb4c"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c8d9e8e7a71d343b4b2c4ef4365cdb4c","name":"hevangel","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/spocky.jpg?fit=1313%2C1259&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/spocky.jpg?fit=1313%2C1259&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/spocky.jpg?fit=1313%2C1259&ssl=1","width":1313,"height":1259,"caption":"hevangel"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/spocky.jpg?fit=1313%2C1259&ssl=1"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.horace.org","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/horace.org"],"url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/author\/hevangel-2\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pwn21-Ti","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1877,"url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/19\/pigeons-on-sign\/","url_meta":{"origin":3428,"position":0},"title":"Pigeons on sign.","author":"hevangel","date":"June 19, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I took this funny picture today.\u00a0 There is a pigeon sitting on each letter of the sign.","rel":"","context":"In "Daily Scribble"","block_context":{"text":"Daily Scribble","link":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/category\/_scribble\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/photo_061908_001.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/photo_061908_001.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/photo_061908_001.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1833,"url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/21\/cad1000-internet-bill\/","url_meta":{"origin":3428,"position":1},"title":"CAD$1000 internet bill","author":"hevangel","date":"May 21, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"My internet bill in India is CAD$1000 for two months.\u00a0 Yes, it is a one followed by three zeros.\u00a0 Luckily it's none of my business, the bill is charged to the company.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The price is really outrageous but I don't feel sorry for the company, they totally asked for it.\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Daily Scribble"","block_context":{"text":"Daily Scribble","link":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/category\/_scribble\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3752,"url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2009\/11\/08\/how-much-does-the-iphone-really-cost-in-canada\/","url_meta":{"origin":3428,"position":2},"title":"How much does the iPhone really cost in Canada?","author":"hevangel","date":"November 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Nothing beats my wife's iPhone plan with Fido. $17 per month with unlimited voice on evening and weekend, standard voice mail, calling forwarding, call display, text messages package. The catch? No data plan. Call Fido to disable data service so the iPhone will not use any data accidentally. Having Wifi\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News Clips"","block_context":{"text":"News Clips","link":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/category\/_reference\/_newsclips\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6409,"url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/24\/crucial-m4-ssd-256mb-data-transfer-kit\/","url_meta":{"origin":3428,"position":3},"title":"Crucial M4 SSD (256MB with data transfer kit)","author":"hevangel","date":"June 24, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I just upgrade my old computer with a SSD drive and 16GB of RAM. It is the best upgrade I have ever had, I feel like getting a new computer. My 2 years old i5 is performing faster than a brand new i7 with old fashion hard drive. After installing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Product Reviews"","block_context":{"text":"Product Reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/category\/_reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/crucial_m4_ssd.jpg?fit=500%2C385&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":44,"url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2005\/03\/31\/bittorrent\/","url_meta":{"origin":3428,"position":4},"title":"Bittorrent","author":"hevangel","date":"March 31, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Bittorrent is the de facto peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. According to a latest internet traffic survey, bittorent traffic alone account for 30% of total internet traffic. If you search hard enough, you could pretty much find anything you want to download, from movie to music to anime to software. Comparing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Daily Scribble"","block_context":{"text":"Daily Scribble","link":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/category\/_scribble\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8044,"url":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/20\/virtual-desktop\/","url_meta":{"origin":3428,"position":5},"title":"Oracle Virtual Box","author":"hevangel","date":"February 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"In the good old days, when you want to play with multiple OS, you have to have multiple computers. I still remember the time I have a Windows machine sitting next to a Linux box. Then a little bit later, multi-boot allows the same computer running different OS. I tried\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Product Reviews"","block_context":{"text":"Product Reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/category\/_reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/virtual-desktop.jpg?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/virtual-desktop.jpg?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/virtual-desktop.jpg?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/virtual-desktop.jpg?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/virtual-desktop.jpg?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}