Sunday, July 22, 2007

Surfing at 40 Gigs Per Minute

Who's this person having the fastest residential uplink in the world? Fortune 500 CEO? The Federal Government? The answer is no.

It's Sigbritt Lotthberg, a 75 year old woman in Sweden. Peter Lotthberg, a networking expert, wanted to demonstrate new fiber optics technology while giving a link to her mother. So how fast is this new internet user's connection? Let's put it this way, you can download a full-length movie in less than 2 seconds. Fast enough for you?

And how is she making the best of her internet connection? She only uses it to read web-based newspapers.

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