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.
#314842 - 07/21/0712:36 AMRe: 75 Year Old Sets Internet Speed Record
[Re: AllenAyres]
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'eh my speed here has trickled, I used to get 8000k down, 500k up; now i'm lucky to test out at 4000/200; i'm sure they've added blocks on the line, plus the amp i had in the basement burnt out due to water damage so i'm sure that affects some ...