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unclehobart

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75-year-old likely set Internet speed record

Web latecomer downloaded a full-length flick online in 2 seconds

By Louise Nordstrom MSNBC

Updated: 2 hours, 16 minutes ago
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - 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.

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.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19832184/

Holy Hanna, Batman!
 

unclehobart

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I'm wondering how her computer can write the info to disk fast enough to keep up. Her temp memory buffers must be jinormous.
 

valkyrie

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I had dial-up for years until we found a wireless ISP that could reach the hill on our property (where we have a guest cabin). They put the pole and the receiver up and we wired UTP in conduit down the hill with ethernet extenders on each end, and a wireless router in the house.
Fuck... I can't help being jealous. Goddammit!
 
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