FROM: shortnews.com
07/21/2007 03:35 PM ID: 63736
75-Year-Old Computer Newbie Has World's Fastest Residential Internet Connection. 75-year-old Sigbritt Lothberg from Karlstad, who has never used a computer before, now has what is currently believed to be the fastest residential broadband in the world.
Her 40 gigabits-per-second fiber-optic connection is capable of downloading a HD-DVD film in two seconds. The connection was set up by her son, Peter Lothberg from Cisco, as a demonstration of a new router system.
According to Peter the new system will allow data transfer between routers without transponders over a range of 1,240 miles. The company "wanted to show that that there are no limitations to Internet speed."
My question is: Are there really no limitations? An HD DVD would hold aprox. 40 Gigs of data, considering that writing to a hard drive would only allow for 3 gigs per second (and that's at maximum speeds) how can you write more than 6 gigs in 2 seconds?
2007-07-26
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