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http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/07/20/supe ... index.html

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75-year-old Swedish woman has a 40 gigabits-per-second fiber-optic connection

She can download a full-length movie on her home PC in less than 2 seconds

The woman's son installed the connection, he's a a networking expert

The speed was reached using a modulation technique

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8O I'd love to see a picture of this old lady to see if she looks like a 75 year-old geek :P
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Oh wow, me, along with cnn, is late. :)
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8 days late is fine (in any industry that is not tech related ;) ).
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Everah wrote:8 days late is fine (in any industry that is not tech related ;) ).
But just think, at 40 megabits a second, you would have had 16 bazillion movies downloaded while you waited to hear the news 8 days late! :P
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That was funny. :D
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The Phoenix wrote:
Everah wrote:8 days late is fine (in any industry that is not tech related ;) ).
But just think, at 40 megabits a second, you would have had 16 bazillion movies downloaded while you waited to hear the news 8 days late! :P
gigabits, not megabits.
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Jenk wrote:
The Phoenix wrote:
Everah wrote:8 days late is fine (in any industry that is not tech related ;) ).
But just think, at 40 megabits a second, you would have had 16 bazillion movies downloaded while you waited to hear the news 8 days late! :P
gigabits, not megabits.
Whats a jigawatt?
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Everah wrote:That was funny. :D
I lol'd too. :)
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I wonder what the up speed is like.
A connection like that could never be fully utilized on a home pc.
Although, if i had it, I'd never bother paying for hosting again.
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