This is becoming maddening!!! Everyone is getting all the cool stuff that I wish were in the U.S. It seems that an old Swedish lady has become the fastest surfer on the Internet, as crazy as that sounds. Sigbritt Löthberg is sporting a 40 Gbps Internet hookup!!! And the kicker is that she's 1200 miles away from the accusal connection source. All using fibre Optics.
So how fast is that? She could download a full High Definition DVD in 2 seconds!!! Or if she would like, watch 1,500 high definition HDTV channels simultaneously.With standard broadband you would be looking at hours, so now regular broadband is turning into dial up.
According to Karlstad Stadsnät the distance is, in theory, unlimited - there is no data loss as long as the fibre is in place.
"I want to show that there are other methods than the old fashioned ways such as copper wires and radio, which lack the possibilities that fibre has," said Peter Löthberg
If the distance is truly unlimited, I'm ready for my hook up!!!
Read the entire article here. [The Local via Crunchgear]
