Yes, being a 75-year-old old Swedish lady named Sigbritt Löthberg does have it’s benefits. One benefit would be having a 40 Gbps internet connection, letting you download full length HD-DVDs in 2 seconds or less, or enjoy 1,500 HDTV channels simultaneously. Now that’s what I call sweet. Sigbritt’s son, Peter Löthberg is part of the council that implemented the technology at her home, where she never even had a computer until now. The fiber optic network uses “a new modulation technique which allows data to be transferred directly between two routers up to 2,000 kilometres apart, with no intermediary transponders.” No loss of data as long as there’s fiber. Read [The Local] via CrunchGear

Yes, being a 75-year-old old Swedish lady named Sigbritt Löthberg does have it’s benefits. One benefit would be having a 40 Gbps internet connection, letting you download full length HD-DVDs in 2 seconds or less, or enjoy 1,500 HDTV channels simultaneously. Now that’s what I call sweet. Sigbritt’s son, Peter Löthberg is part of the council that implemented the technology at her home, where she never even had a computer until now. The fiber optic network uses “a new modulation technique which allows data to be transferred directly between two routers up to 2,000 kilometres apart, with no intermediary transponders.” No loss of data as long as there’s fiber. Read [The Local] via CrunchGear