40Gbps internet connection installed in Swede's home

While we've seen all sorts of blazing feats over fiber here lately, it's not often that such wide open bandwidth gets piped directly to a home, but a 75-year old Swede recently changed all that when she had a 40Gbps connection installed in her domicile. 'Course, this fine dame is the mum of Swedish internet legend Peter Löthberg, and she's hoping to somehow "persuade internet operators to invest in faster connections." The trick behind the setup is a "new modulation technique which allows data to be transferred directly between two routers up to 2,000-kilometers apart with no intermediary transponders," and just in case you're wondering, she can download a full high-definition DVD in a painstaking two seconds.

[Via Slashdot, image courtesy of TheRedWoodMotel]

[Brent Wilson @ Jul 13th 2007 8:42AM]

that's amazing. maybe AT&T will boost their EDGE network to this by the holidays!

[Lance @ Nov 11th 2007 6:35AM]

LOL

[Johan @ Jul 13th 2007 8:56AM]

Moahaha, Swedes own.

[W@keUp @ Jul 13th 2007 8:57AM]

Damn I live in sweden and I want that I "only" got 10/10Mbit

http://rocha-city.miniville.fr/
http://rocha-city.miniville.fr/ind
http://rocha-city.miniville.fr/tra

[Harlo @ Jul 13th 2007 8:59AM]

That's borking sexy.

[ray @ Jul 13th 2007 9:01AM]

Can hard drives even write this fast?? Also can internet servers even send data this fast? It's pretty useless when other technologies haven't caught up yet.

[11degrees @ Jul 13th 2007 9:07AM]

Ouch.. faster than all I can imagine...

[ethana2 @ Sep 21st 2007 12:53PM]

Which technologies? Azureus would make awesome use of that line... *drools*

Swarm speed: 27.8 Gb/s

[Totalfixation @ Jul 13th 2007 9:10AM]

i don't see the purpose of 40Gbps, when everything should be focused on wireless technology. Fast or not, wireless technology is the convenient choice. Btw I assume its being used on a multi cluster raid setup of some sort.

[Logik @ Jul 13th 2007 9:31AM]

"i don't see the purpose of 40Gbps"

Tell that to a person in charge of a Tier 1 ISP network. Come back and tell us what his/her reaction.

[Totalfixation @ Jul 13th 2007 9:40AM]

It's my opinion, cost wise, we should focus on implementing wireless technology to begin with. Laying down millions of miles of fiber optic is time and space consuming.

[Karan @ Jul 13th 2007 10:16AM]

Yeah, wireless at that speed over 2000 km? Lemme know when you've done that mate, I've got this lovely flying pig for sale.

[Dix @ Jul 13th 2007 1:43PM]

How is laying fiber optic cables "space consuming"? They are usually buried in the ground. And there is no feasible way yet to get wireless anywhere near that fast. What most companies are doing now is best IMO: fiber optics to wireless routers in the home. I just got FiOs internet with wireless router in my house, and its just fine.

[riggs @ Jul 13th 2007 9:11AM]

everyone other than the US has a faster speed :(, i swear when it comes to technology advances we F*$%# suck.

[nebulus @ Jul 13th 2007 9:19AM]

yeah, but you guys got the iPhone first!

(sweet first iPhone comment on this story ;) )

[phatbhuda @ Jul 13th 2007 9:29AM]

The USA is a very large country. It takes a lot of cash to upgrade any sort of network nationwide. We're also a very privatized and capitalist nation, so customers are going to have to want to pay for these upgrades. I'd say most American households don't see a need for faster networks.

That being said, my stupid cablemodem connection needs to be faster!

[W@keUp @ Jul 13th 2007 9:22AM]

We but that servers us europians well. Usa can test the iphone and when all the bugs and bumps has been ironed out, we will be ready for it here in Sweden.

http://rocha-city.miniville.fr/ind

[Ben Hobbs @ Jul 13th 2007 9:36AM]

You should get them to send over some of those newfangled "Colour TV's" as well.

[ScOObyDoo @ Jul 13th 2007 9:28AM]

The Internet is the new cable TV. 40Gbps and still nothing decent to watch.

[W@keUp @ Jul 13th 2007 10:24AM]

ooo you got "color tv" i've heard of that. our internet is in black and white as well.

http://rocha-city.miniville.fr/

[Dan @ Jul 13th 2007 9:38AM]

DVD's aren't high-def.

[Dan @ Jul 13th 2007 9:39AM]

They could have meant HD DVD, for the high-def part. Get it?

[Dan @ Jul 13th 2007 9:39AM]

Oh, yes. Sneaky sneaky.

[fistpittingnork @ Jul 13th 2007 4:27PM]

You're Dan, he's Dan, two Dan's don't make a right!

[Dan @ Jul 13th 2007 6:11PM]

I'm a third Dan. What quick post times those other two have.

[Mile @ Jul 13th 2007 9:39AM]

But will she adopt me? I'm lovable, polite, and bathe pretty regularly.

[John @ Jul 13th 2007 9:56AM]

LOL little does the American know that Europeans bathe infrequently.

[Alexander The Best @ Jul 13th 2007 11:26AM]

*sigh* if only I could keep that wonderful *cough* young woman company and make sure she does not abuse her internet connection...

[gibber9583 @ Jul 13th 2007 9:44AM]

Necessary?....no


Do I want this?.... yes

[Kishen @ Jul 13th 2007 9:48AM]

@Totalfixation, you wouldn't need to write to the hard disk if you receive data that fast. You can just "stream". It could be the equivalent of opening files from a server on your LAN, except on a much larger sale.

Speeds like this have awesome potential for distributed storage. You could keep all of your files and your itunes library etc etc in a datacenter and access them from anywhere as if you were opening them locally.

Go Sweden FTW.

[Fozz! @ Jul 13th 2007 9:49AM]

"...she can download a full high-definition DVD in a painstaking two seconds."

Well, not quite. Even at 40gb/s (5GB/s) you'd only have downloaded about half an HD movie after 2 seconds. It'd take you that long to download a long SD movie (circa. 10GB).

I should get out more :s

[mattweiler @ Jul 13th 2007 10:07AM]

Actually, most HD-DVD movies are only about 10 - 12 GB.

"I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there."
- Herb Caen

[taikmata @ Jul 13th 2007 10:03AM]

and i thought my 100mbps down 2 mbps up was fast..

i am not worthy i am not worthy..

[js @ Jul 13th 2007 10:06AM]

Didn't Michael Dell got a fibre optic cable running in his house for his internet connection? He even said it himself.

[HKV @ Jul 13th 2007 10:10AM]

The amount of porn....... at your fingertips..... MAAAN

[Liam @ Jul 13th 2007 10:14AM]

Go on sweden :) Im sitting comfy with my 10meg connection, which is being increased free of charge soon, go virgin (ex ntl) :D

[Ashish @ Jul 13th 2007 10:16AM]

Coolest. Mom. Ever

[R1cebrner @ Jul 13th 2007 10:19AM]

Wonder how much that costs..
6mbit is 54 a month 8mbit is 64. Cable.
No dsl or fios avail.
Heck id be happy if i could get the full speed im paying for

[gibber9583 @ Jul 13th 2007 10:43AM]

Ouch..those prices suck....

I think i'm paying $49.99, maybe less for 20Mbps down and 5MBps up.

FiOS is a great thing.

[riptide @ Jul 13th 2007 10:20AM]

I suppose this is the pictures from the installation since this is from Peters own photogallery.

http://www.stupi.se/cgi-bin/kaka?year=2007;dir=20070708

[fd @ Jul 13th 2007 10:40AM]

Looks like her electric bill might go up a little ;)

[CapWKidd @ Sep 3rd 2007 2:02PM]

Reminds me of that Enterprise episode, where they find the monitoring station in the Volcan santuary...

[The Aggie CEO™ @ Jul 13th 2007 10:23AM]

o_O

I think I just nutted all over myself..........

[BobTurbo @ Jul 13th 2007 11:24AM]

I have had dreams about this. Sadly, I am not even joking.

[Kame_boy @ Jul 13th 2007 11:28AM]

Suddenly my 100/100 isn't as cool anymore..

[Alexander The Best @ Jul 13th 2007 11:29AM]

*orgasm* um, er, *cough* I like technology.

[WillyG @ Jul 13th 2007 11:46AM]

That's alot of tubes.

[Constable Odo @ Jul 13th 2007 11:46AM]

Such a high download rate would be totally detrimental to my well-being since my greed far exceeds my computer's terabyte hard drive capacity. Until 25 GB or 50 GB optical 8X drives are standard, I'd be unable to handle the constant backups of downloaded movies.

[Grease Ball @ Jul 13th 2007 11:50AM]

Crap! And all I can get here in the US is 1gb fiber.

http://www.paxio.net/home.php?link=Internet

My interweb penis has officially shrunk.

[notfaux @ Jul 16th 2007 8:34PM]

PAXIO rocks. I've got it at there 25mbps plan and it is absolutely amazing. Doesn't seem to be any restrictions on peer-to-peer, and their support is second to none. Always someone knowledgeable to speak to when you call.