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telirium
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.

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wow w00t.gif
EmpressStarXVII
Gosh, how I wish I had that lol.
Cdt_Lovekamp_US_ARMY_ROTC
ME WANT crying.gif bounce.gif address plz gunsmilie.gif lol
Ashigaru
"40 gigabits-per-second fiber-optic connection" aka The Server Killer.
Claizen
I can think of one good way to use this. wink2.gif
Lotus Flower
Blimey, imagine how many postings you could get onto these Boards with that sort of speed laugh.gif
Ashigaru
QUOTE(Claizen @ Jul 22 2007, 05:59 PM) *
I can think of one good way to use this. wink2.gif
Porn?
Claizen
QUOTE(Ashigaru @ Jul 22 2007, 11:20 PM) *
Porn?


ohmy.gif *Gasp!*




Yes.
GoGoGodzilla
i remember when i updated to 56k from 14.4 k and getting excited about it..
what the hell do you need that kinda speed for? (business aside) lol. my instant messages are already instant.
Lotus Flower
QUOTE(1dominick1 @ Jul 26 2007, 01:34 AM) *
i remember when i updated to 56k from 14.4 k and getting excited about it..
what the hell do you need that kinda speed for? (business aside) lol. my instant messages are already instant.

Humph!!! At this very moment, I have been slung off the broadband 'pooter and am now on dial-up at 56k sad.gif.

Nah forget the " sad.gif ", at least I am on the net *chuckles*
RedFFWolf
QUOTE(Lotus Flower @ Jul 26 2007, 01:38 AM) *
Humph!!! At this very moment, I have been slung off the broadband 'pooter and am now on dial-up at 56k sad.gif.

Nah forget the " sad.gif ", at least I am on the net *chuckles*

sad.gif My Broadband still acts as if it's a 56k. Then it sometimes stops working and the phone has to be picked up and put back down again; I could do with that 40 gigabits per second connection right about now rofl.gif
Bean Sidhe
QUOTE(Ashigaru @ Jul 22 2007, 10:30 PM) *
"40 gigabits-per-second fiber-optic connection" aka The Server Killer.

LOL w00t.gif laugh.gif .Awesome name for it.....hehe.
Bacchus
tell her to do the speed test grin2.gif

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum...showtopic=57852
Legatus Legionis
QUOTE(Bacchus @ Aug 4 2007, 03:00 AM) *

the speed test would overload and tell her that she's f****** crazy. f****** server killer. tongue.gif:P
QUOTE(Ashigaru @ Jul 23 2007, 04:30 AM) *
"40 gigabits-per-second fiber-optic connection" aka The Server Killer.

lol. i really wish that i had that kind of connection..
FULL-LENGTH MOVIE IN JUST UNDER 2 SECONDS! THERE ARE SO MANY POSSIBILITIES!
telirium
just wait until the quantum computers start coming into the spotlight. that will be something to see.
frenat
Problem is though that most servers would not be able to deliver the information that fast and most home computers would not be able to process the information that fast. That type of speed right now would be a waste.
Legatus Legionis
QUOTE(frenat @ Aug 11 2007, 03:24 AM) *
Problem is though that most servers would not be able to deliver the information that fast and most home computers would not be able to process the information that fast. That type of speed right now would be a waste.

yeah. compatible with a quantum computer i guess.
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