I apologize for the title…

I remember the good old days when a 128 kbps internet speed was considered relatively good. Heck, it was only a few years ago that my family moved past that benchmark and into “broadband” goodness (I use quotation marks because satellite internet can seem slower than dialup at times. Thankfully, we finally have true broadband.). Unfortunately, 540 Mbps is still a dream of sorts, at least for the online community.

But for one 75-year-old woman in Sweden, 540 Mbps seems slower than dialup. Sigbritt Löthberg, 75, just had a 40 Gigabits per second connection installed in her home. To put that in perspective, The Local calculated that Löthberg will now be able to watch 1500 HDTV channels simultaneously. Similarly, she could download the entire iTunes movie catalogue in about 90 seconds (if, that is, the iTMS actually managed to work correctly for a minute and a half…). *sigh* It’s always the Northern Europeans and Japanese who get all the cool tech gadgets and electronics…

Despite just being cool, the purpose of this experiment was to test out a new system that can transfer data directly between two routers up to 2000 kilometers apart. I won’t pretend that I understand it, so just go read the original article if you want more info.

via The Local