Old lady surfing Web at 40 gigabits-per-second

[Hesh]

Just saw this and was amazed at the speed. I know that in Japan the average home user has a connection, paid by the government, over 300 times faster than the average here in the USA. Can't imagine downloading an entire movie in less than 2 friggin seconds!  :ooo I'm calling my cable company!  >:((  !@#$  (O+O)  :{:

Highlights
75-year-old Swedish woman has a 40 gigabits-per-second fiber-optic connection

She can download a full-length movie on her home PC in less than 2 seconds

The woman's son installed the connection, he's a a networking expert

The speed was reached using a modulation technique
     
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- She is a latecomer to the information superhighway, but 75-year-old Sigbritt Lothberg is now cruising the Internet with a dizzying speed.

Lothberg's 40 gigabits-per-second fiber-optic connection in Karlstad is believed to be the fastest residential uplink in the world, Karlstad city officials said.

In less than 2 seconds, Lothberg can download a full-length movie on her home computer -- many thousand times faster than most residential connections, said Hafsteinn Jonsson, head of the Karlstad city network unit.

Jonsson and Lothberg's son, Peter, worked together to install the connection.

The speed is reached using a new modulation technique that allows the sending of data between two routers placed up to 1,240 miles apart, without any transponders in between, Jonsson said.

"We wanted to show that that there are no limitations to Internet speed," he said.

Peter Lothberg, who is a networking expert, said he wanted to demonstrate the new technology while providing a computer link for his mother.

"She's a brand new Internet user," Lothberg said by phone from California, where he lives. "She didn't even have a computer before."

His mother isn't exactly making the most of her high-speed connection. She only uses it to read Web-based newspapers.

[ICER]

Sure hope all know what Internet2 is

[xxunluv3dlizxx]

I'm moving to Sweden lol

[Xander.in.the.mist]

<--- Jealous!  :ooo

[a-drop]

I'm moving to Sweden lol

LOL :)) :))

[IndianLover]

Ah, man I wish I had that  :(