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World's Fastest Broadband Connection — 40 Gbps

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-one-needs-that-much-pr0n dept.

paulraps writes "A 75-year-old woman from Karlstad in central Sweden has been given a scorching 40 Gbps internet connection — the fastest residential connection anywhere in the world. Sigbritt Löthberg is the mother of Swedish internet guru Peter Löthberg, who is using his mother to prove that fiber networks can deliver a cost-effective, ultra-fast connection. Sigbritt, who has never owned a computer before, can now watch 1,500 HDTV channels simultaneously or download a whole high definition DVD in two seconds. Apparently 'the hardest part of the whole project was installing Windows on Sigbritt's PC.'" An article in Press Esc notes an analyst study of the increasing demand for fiber-to-the-home in Europe.

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  1. Here it comes... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "RIAA arrests 75 year old woman in sweden for file-sharing over her 40GBPS connection. Damages are estimated in the billions."

  2. Re:Great publicity stunt by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    Oh, she will, will she? And this content comes from where, exactly?

    PirateBay, of course. One of Sweden's national treasures.

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  3. Re:Huh. by halcyon1234 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not a problem. Her 10/100 Ethernet nic goes up to 11.

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  4. Re:Great publicity stunt by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 5, Funny
    PirateBay, of course. One of Sweden's national treasures.

    At 1 HD-DVD every 2 seconds she is the PirateBay. Now that's who he should have given the connection to. I doubt her secret lutefisk recipe is going to need quite that much bandwidth.

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  5. Phone Number by riffzifnab · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone have her phone number? I hear she has a wonderful personality and huge "assets". I have no shame when it comes to that kind of bandwidth.

    Or maybe I can just live in her basement, a change of scenery would do me good. Besides Mom is always nagging at me to get out of the basement and go see the world.

  6. Sign me up! by Random+BedHead+Ed · · Score: 5, Funny

    40 Gbps? Wow, sign me up for this!

    The most difficult part of the whole project was installing Windows on Sigbritt's PC

    Meh, on second thought it doesn't sound worth the effort.

  7. Gee, I would think the hardest part would be: by feepness · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sigbritt, who has never owned a computer before, can now watch 1,500 HDTV channels simultaneously or download a whole high definition DVD in two seconds. Apparently 'the hardest part of the whole project was installing Windows on Sigbritt's PC.'" It seems the hardest part would be setting up the 1,500 HDTVs.

    Of course if she's anything like my 71 year-old Mom it would mean she could fall asleep in from of 1,500 HDTV channels simultaneously.
  8. the real story by psbrogna · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, but she only gets 20 Gb/s upload speed. Damn ISP's and their fancy marketing lingo.

  9. Re:Why? by slickwillie · · Score: 4, Funny

    She's been waiting 75 years for a connection fast enough.

  10. What All Other ./ers Would Do... by saudadelinux · · Score: 5, Funny

    What would you do if bandwidth were suddenly not an issue? ...develop a truly horrible case of tennis elbow. Joking :)
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  11. Re:Great publicity stunt by whopub · · Score: 5, Funny

    So that PB could what? Serve kilobyte torrent index files in a few microseconds? At 1 HD-DVD every 2 seconds a torrent index file would arrive at least 5 seconds *before* you initiated the download!
  12. Re:Great publicity stunt by C0rinthian · · Score: 5, Funny

    Granny sucked it all down her pipe. I never want to see/hear that sentence again. Ever.