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75 year old woman has world's fastest broadband
The Local - Sweden ^ | Published: 12th July 2007 11:07 CET

Posted on 07/13/2007 12:29:04 AM PDT by Swordmaker

A 75 year old woman from Karlstad in central Sweden has been thrust into the IT history books - with the world's fastest internet connection.

Sigbritt Löthberg's home has been supplied with a blistering 40 Gigabits per second connection, many thousands of times faster than the average residential link and the first time ever that a home user has experienced such a high speed.

But Sigbritt, who had never had a computer until now, is no ordinary 75 year old. She is the mother of Swedish internet legend Peter Löthberg who, along with Karlstad Stadsnät, the local council's network arm, has arranged the connection.

"This is more than just a demonstration," said network boss Hafsteinn Jonsson.

"As a network owner we're trying to persuade internet operators to invest in faster connections. And Peter Löthberg wanted to show how you can build a low price, high capacity line over long distances," he told The Local.

Sigbritt will now be able to enjoy 1,500 high definition HDTV channels simultaneously. Or, if there is nothing worth watching there, she will be able to download a full high definition DVD in just two seconds.

The secret behind Sigbritt's ultra-fast connection is a new modulation technique which allows data to be transferred directly between two routers up to 2,000 kilometres apart, with no intermediary transponders.

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, who now works at Cisco.

Cisco contributed to the project but the point, said Hafsteinn Jonsson, is that fibre technology makes such high speed connections technically and commercially viable.

"The most difficult part of the whole project was installing Windows on Sigbritt's PC," said Jonsson.


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To: smoothsailing
Oh Swell, but can Sigbritt do the watuzi, the boog-a-loo, can she do the tango, can she grill baby-back ribs?

IF she has enough USB ports. Check out the USB BBQ. http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/usb-powered-bbq--wtf-196087.php


41 posted on 07/13/2007 4:03:48 AM PDT by Clam Digger
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To: Swordmaker

She uses it to play solitare and check email.


42 posted on 07/13/2007 4:08:42 AM PDT by listenhillary (Freeze federal spending RIGHT NOW! Maybe in 25 years, we can be out of debt.)
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To: Clam Digger
Well, boot me up, CD!

But wouldn't a bag of charcoal and a Weber be more earth friendly? :-)

43 posted on 07/13/2007 4:10:39 AM PDT by smoothsailing ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction"--President Ronald Reagan)
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To: Swordmaker
Sigbritt will now be able to enjoy 1,500 high definition HDTV channels simultaneously. Or, if there is nothing worth watching there,...

1500 channels with nothing on.

I'd wear out the remote surfing through that.

44 posted on 07/13/2007 4:14:04 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: smoothsailing
Yeah, that's why I stick with the USB cannon, for training interns.


45 posted on 07/13/2007 4:14:08 AM PDT by Clam Digger
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To: Clam Digger
Interns?

You're way over my head, Monica.

46 posted on 07/13/2007 4:18:55 AM PDT by smoothsailing ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction"--President Ronald Reagan)
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To: goldstategop
A T1 broadband connection for the price of DSL?

What's funny to me here is 10 years ago only telecomtechnogeeks like me even knew what a T1 was. Now, everybody wants a T1 in their living room.....

47 posted on 07/13/2007 5:13:48 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Made in China: Treat those three words like a warning label)
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To: goldstategop
A T1 broadband connection for the price of DSL? I don't believe it.

I hate to tell you, but most DSL services will offer higher connection rates (at least downstream) than T1. T1 (actually DS1) is roughly 1Mb/s. Most DSL services I've seen offer 1.5Mb/s downstream, 384Kb/s upstream for far less.

Mark

48 posted on 07/13/2007 5:24:07 AM PDT by MarkL (Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
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To: Thermalseeker
What's funny to me here is 10 years ago only telecomtechnogeeks like me even knew what a T1 was. Now, everybody wants a T1 in their living room.....

When I'm at the office, late at night, taking a break by doing some Freeping, I've got an entire DS3 line to myself! :-).

Mark

49 posted on 07/13/2007 5:29:46 AM PDT by MarkL (Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
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To: Swordmaker; All

So, how many extra carbon credits did Sweden obtain for saving lots of electricity by such a fast connection? Less time on line = less power consumed?


50 posted on 07/13/2007 5:32:28 AM PDT by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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To: MarkL
When I'm at the office, late at night, taking a break by doing some Freeping, I've got an entire DS3 line to myself! :-).

Back in about 1987 when I worked for a major cell carrier I had dozens of T-3's at my disposal. The speed was impressive, but unfortunately the other end was connected to cell sites.....not much "content". Back in those days Bell didn't have many "carrier guys" in the field. Getting a T-1 up and running usually meant teaching their guys T-1 fundamentals and troubleshooting techniques. Back when we were turning up lots of sites I would cringe every time if a Bell T-1 was involved in the WAN scheme. I much prefer microwave DS-1's to T-1's. Point and shoot with no CWA Bell guys to screw things up.....

51 posted on 07/13/2007 5:42:27 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Made in China: Treat those three words like a warning label)
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52 posted on 07/13/2007 5:49:32 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Marie; Swordmaker
The article says *40* Gigs per second.

Gigabits, not Gigabytes. 8 bits make 1 byte. so 40 Gigabits equals 5 Gigabytes, still a hellavu lot!

53 posted on 07/13/2007 5:54:19 AM PDT by marvlus
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To: Swordmaker

“Would you believe 4 Gibabyte per second broadband?”

You missed it.... Not 4 GBPS - order of magnitude greater.... 40 GBPS.

WOW.

HOLY CRAP.

Cisco rocks. I new there was a reason I got all my Cisco certs and bought their stock.. :-)


54 posted on 07/13/2007 5:54:28 AM PDT by roaddog727 (BS does not get bridges built)
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To: expatguy
"pffft

that her advertised speed - I'll bet she actually gets a lot lower.

...and slower still when her neighbors get home from work and start checking email... /s

55 posted on 07/13/2007 5:58:40 AM PDT by libs_kma (www.imwithfred.com)
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To: monkeyshine

;)
56 posted on 07/13/2007 5:59:14 AM PDT by magslinger (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors. And miss. R.A.Heinlein)
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To: DB
Nice but not very useful. No PC can come close to accepting that much data that fast. And what server can serve even remotely that fast? Currently not even hard drives read or write nearly that fast. That’s a bit like having a road designed for cars that go 10,000 mph - and having no cars that will go over 300 mph...

Memo to Henry Ford - 1896: Don't bother with your automobile. A good idea maybe, but not very useful. There are no paved roads that can handle your automobile and there are no gas stations to fuel it. So why not just give up your project?

Memo to Orville and Wilbur Wright - 1903: Don't bother wasting your time with your flying machine, a good idea maybe - but not very useful. There are no airports or landing strips to fly to.

Memo to Guglielmo Marconi - 1895: Don't bother with your radio transmitting device. A good idea maybe, but not very useful. There are no commercial radio stations and no one has any radio receivers anyway.

Get my drift?

57 posted on 07/13/2007 6:06:17 AM PDT by Tokra (I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
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To: Swordmaker

I am jealous!


58 posted on 07/13/2007 6:08:08 AM PDT by CarolinaGOP ("Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Marie

Well, I’m sure it’s 40 GigaBITS per second, unless the number’s been converted for public consumption. Data rates are normally always in bits. Still, 40 Gigs of them are a lot!


59 posted on 07/13/2007 6:16:41 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: bruinbirdman

Is this like when Dilbert’s mom ended up with a frame relay drop in the sewing room


60 posted on 07/13/2007 6:19:20 AM PDT by Still Thinking (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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