75-year-old Swedish woman currently has the fastest broadband
connection in the world.
Sigbritt Löthberg, from Karlstad in central Sweden, enjoys a
massive 40Gbps connection - many thousand times faster than the
average connection speed delivered to homes. It's the first time
such a high speed as ever been delivered to a home user anywhere in
the world.
Sigbritt has only recently taking up computing. She is the mother
of Swedish 'internet legend' Peter Löthberg, who arranged the
connection along with the local council's network department.
"This is more than just a demonstration," said Hafsteinn Jonsson,
network manager at Karlstad Stadsnät.
"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,"
Jonsson told The Local .
1,500 HDTV channels
Sigbritt is now able to enjoy 1,500 high-definition HDTV channels
simultaneously. Or, if she doesn't find anything to watch there,
there's also the option of downloading a full high-definition DVD
in just two seconds.
The ultra-fast connection speed has been achieved by a new
modulation technology. It allows data to be transferred directly
between two routers up to 2,000 kilometres apart, without any
intermediary transponders.
The distance is, in theory, unlimited - there is no data loss as
long as the fibre is in place, according to Karlstad
Stadsnät.
"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 works at Cisco.
The fibre technology behind such high speed connections is
"technically and commercially viable," Jonsson said.
"The most difficult part of the whole project was installing
Windows on Sigbritt's PC," Jonsson added.
well guys there is nothing excited about our internet speed in
singapore.
this woman can download a FULL HDTV IN 2 SECONDS.
