STOCKHOLM, Sweden - She is a latecomer to the information superhighway, but 75-year-old Sigbritt Lothberg is now cruising the Internet with a dizzying speed. Lothberg's 40 gigabits-per-second fiber-optic connection in Karlstad is believed to be the fastest residential uplink in the world, Karlstad city officials said.

In less than 2 seconds, Lothberg can download a full-length movie on her home computer _ many thousand times faster than most residential connections, said Hafsteinn Jonsson, head of the Karlstad city network unit.

Jonsson and Lothberg's son, Peter, worked together to install the connection.

The speed is reached using a new modulation technique that allows the sending of data between two routers placed up to 1,240 miles apart, without any transponders in between, Jonsson said.

"We wanted to show that that there are no limitations to Internet speed," he said.

Peter Lothberg, who is a networking expert, said he wanted to demonstrate the new technology while providing a computer link for his mother.

"She's a brand-new Internet user," Lothberg said by phone from California, where he lives. "She didn't even have a computer before."

His mother isn't exactly making the most of her high-speed connection. She only uses it to read Web-based newspapers.

Man, that's f*cking awesome. I'm sooooo envious >.< That old woman don't deserve it. She's not a downloadaholic like me uuuuurgghghhh 40gb/sec? UUGGUKHKHKGSHGHSKHGKHSKHKSHFAHJKL:

lets kidnap the old lady then steal her internet connection lol

The worst part is she uses it for reading web newspapers. I WANT THAT CONNECTION!!!

That is just insane, i bet next we will hear this same lady taking over the internet or hacking in to top secret computers Lol

well..it would be nice to have that connection lol. but pretty much just get in contact with the two guys who set it up and ask for a deal lol. but i would really love that connection!

A full movie in 2 seconds is crazy. Life would be so much easier at that speed.

lol what the guy failed to mention was that the equipment that was needed to set the connection up cost £250,000!!! yes so there are no limits but it comes at a hell of a price!!!!

Wad!!
A movie file in 2 sec?
Are u joking?

Like $4oo,ooo lol. Damn. Thats expensive.

bloody hell £250,000

ok 45 gb connection isn't worth £1/4 million, im surpised that Bill Gates hasn't got this put in.

Maybe his is faster and we just dont know about it

nah. Bill Gates is uptight about his money. I mean look at him, those glasses aren't in style any more. Last time i saw those was an 80's movie...you would think he'd buy new glasses but nooo. So no, Bill Gates internet connection isn't faster lmao

if it costs $400,000 for the equipment
how much would that internet cost monthly?
and which company/ISP is providing this?

all she does is read newspapers with it?!?!?! dddaaaaang what a waste! i want those guys to fix up up my internet!

Man thats fast too bad she wouldn't know what to do with that much speed.

Ok what a straight waste! READING NEWSPAPERS has the world gone insane?

WTF how could she just read newspapers?

damn, that would be awesome especially for the Thursday night PSN update when downloads take forever.

me and that old lady need to get together...

wireless compy's guys lol go near here internet and steal it

LOL i want that internet connection...
only if she had a unsecured router

try to remember that she has only been introduced the world of internet.

ill marry her, have rough sex , shell die after her orgasm and ill get teh Internet

fucking hell :S

ofcourse nobody knows that old lady has also bought a couple o terabyte hd's which are already pumped up with a looooooooooooot of movies

wow thats amazingly fast!!!

wouldn't it also depend on the speed of the second party you're downloading from?--I know some sites that take forever even though I have a fast internet connection.

You would "hit it" wouldnt you Don!.....lol

And your right Don. I run around 10MB but never get those speeds when downloading. It all depends on whats on the other end of the connection.

OMG and she only reads with it??? talk about a waste

hell yeah i would!

Aw $%*, I don't feel so hungry anymore.

Damn, I didnt have internet and I went from none to DSL.



How the hell can they do that, wouldn;t it be expensive and having routers 1000 miles apart would slow things down.

hahaha, it may take you 2 seconds to download a movie but it will take you 1hr and 30mins + to watch it =P

I dont understand why she and how did she get it? Other then that it's pretty sweet a fast internet connection like that is possible, im jealous...

that sounds disturbing.

that's like giving an infant a rocket car. it's a fricken waste.

2 secs for a movie?! I want that connection!
Ok, I would be happy with the half of it. 4 secs is not too bad either...

probably goes to waste, how much can that grandma surf the internet?

Holy crap, i would kill for a connection that fast, ok maybe not, but thats hell of a waste if its only used for reading newspapers

WTF 40 GB i had die when i see that speed lol

no offense to her, but i don't think she deserves that fast of a connection lol, but itz okay im not getting mad at her or anything