40 Gbps Super Fast Residential Internet Now Possible In Sweden
We had an interesting discussion earlier on countries that have the fastest bandwidth speeds. The data from the OECD however, wasn’t quite up to date. A report from Yahoo! News came up recently stating that a 75-year-old woman is now cruising the Internet with a 40 Gbps fibre-optic connection in Karlstad, Sweden and is believed to be the fastest residential uplink in the world, according to Karlstad city officials. It turned out that she was the mother of Peter Lothberg, networking expert who said he wanted to demonstrate the new technology while providing a computer link for his mother. The report also gave a hint of how fast the connection is:
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.
I have an average of about 50 Gigabytes of uploaded and downloaded data per month with my 384Kbps ADSL connection. This is a small figure compared to those with fibre optic lines, assuming that no quota is set by the ISP. If I had a 40 Gbps connection, I’d be an ISP in our village. Too bad Pete Lothberg’s mother only uses her Internet connection to read Web-based newspapers.
July 20th, 2007 at 11:51
40 GBPS!!!! OMG!! Sweden has always been the heaven for internet and file sharing. Damn i wanna go to Sweden. Do you anything about the pricing??
Man even though she has 40GBPS she uses only for reading newspaper?? Shes nuts. Somebody go kick her into reality!
July 22nd, 2007 at 8:02
Haha!
I’d teach her how to share files. I’d run a server with this kind of Internet connection.
July 23rd, 2007 at 17:24
40GBPS… I want to move there, NOW! Eeek! That’s amazing!
July 25th, 2007 at 1:59
Nothing like an old grandma with a fast internet connection to make me jealous. And this is after my DSL company just decided to lower my speeds
I love fiber, and I hope in my lifetime it is widespread and in my home.
July 25th, 2007 at 11:38
Hey Gabriel,
That’s a HUGE bandwidth! The fastest here in Singapore at the moment is only 100Mbps on Cable. I know many friends who would do anything to get their hands on that 40Gbps. Hopefully our local ISP’s trial for Fibre-to-home network works out fine and we can get some cheaper and faster plans here.
July 28th, 2007 at 22:53
in contrast,
my upstream only 40kbps. :((
August 2nd, 2007 at 0:31
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August 9th, 2007 at 6:34
WOW! Thanks for this bit of news that I just discovered Gabe. I think I should move to Sweden.
December 4th, 2007 at 20:11
Wish I had that fast connection too
March 11th, 2008 at 18:47
Fiber optic from Verizon is probably the best service I can find here in America. I’m starting to love Verizon more than cable because upload speed is incredible. However, I think I need to move to Sweeden.
May 5th, 2008 at 18:27
A complete movie in 2 seconds? My internet is not THAT fast…..I’m jealous! lol
May 5th, 2008 at 18:29
I think if I had that connection I’d still complain, about something! :-/
May 16th, 2008 at 19:40
Well Sweden has been one of the leading in internet bandwidth and networking…Not everyone has that speed as her but almost everyone in sweden have atleast 100Mbps. I live in Sweden, Stockholm and that was a good news to hear. It means soon most of the homes will be able to have connection like that. We use internet for everything here in sweden.
May 17th, 2008 at 0:14
How does that speed compare with IP6 ‘dark cable’ that apparently is being developed and uses local hubs to transfer info from what I have heard as opposed to packet push from a small series of servers?
May 21st, 2008 at 8:46
Reminds me of the story just a while back about a Russian teenager who was able to achieve significant speeds - I believe over 20 GB/S - using homemade and store bought items and his computer. Once day information will be instantly accessible.
May 25th, 2008 at 7:12
It’s just a matter of time before information is sent using even less resistant mediums. Eventually the speed information is sent at will drastically overshadow the amount of information created daily.
June 2nd, 2008 at 19:55
That is fantastic, because I am struggling with my internet connection in the UK, but I am sure that it is a problem with the ISP, I am sure that I need a new cable modem. So it is good to see how other people are getting along with their Internet connection.
June 5th, 2008 at 5:21
Wow its amazing how the World keeps progressing and progressing technically pseaking. Especially in the realms of Internet and computers.
I think its safe to say if any individual does not embrace the technology revolution like this grandmother did herself, they are losing it in life.
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June 7th, 2008 at 3:04
At first this story made me smile, imagine a 75 year old with that speed of connection. Then I ws really jealous, my measly 8mb connection is always making me wait for one application to finish before I can start something else.
Imagne how much more you could get done in a day with that sort of power - I also wonder just how much impact this would have on peoples lives?
June 10th, 2008 at 5:33
I was doing research on this very topic and I find it very interesting that America doesn’t lead in something! HAHA
June 17th, 2008 at 7:12
I find that much of the world is open creatively to new ventures, but it simply ends up that a large amount of the funds and opportunities are in the US, which is why the US might appear to develop many of the good ideas. However, much of the new creative leaps are being created overseas, and developed (and purchased) in the US.
June 21st, 2008 at 7:34
I need someone like this person around my businesses, I am tech-dumb and am constantly running into minor and major problems with the technology side of things.
June 24th, 2008 at 23:11
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June 26th, 2008 at 12:37
Man, too bad I don’t live in Sweden with all the internet surfing I do.
June 26th, 2008 at 12:47
I’m on a 10Mbps line and use about 90-100GB per month. It takes me a solid hour to download 4GB of backup data from online storage. 40Gbps would be friggin’ awesome!
June 28th, 2008 at 20:16
Wow, those speeds are sooooo far away from the dial up connections of not so long ago, it’s amazing how the speed capabilities are increasing so dramatically isn’t it ?
June 28th, 2008 at 21:58
It’s funny to imagine that! I have a 2mb connection, when I read the article I was interpreting it as 40Megabit connection (which would already be really fast) but 40Gigabit is super overkill! It says there that she can download a full length movie in 2 seconds, but you would propably need a real fast computer to take full advantage of the downloading speed for big files!
Thanks for the post, I’m hoping I can someday have a 100mbit connection at home! Would be enough for me!!
June 28th, 2008 at 22:57
My dad is always complaining about his network connection. He plays games online and believes he loses because he is seeing the past. lol
July 4th, 2008 at 13:37
Hi Gabriel,
oh mind, this is a super fast connection there, I was wondering how much is the subscription fees will be. How I wish I could have this kind of internet connection speed, guess it will not happen in my country in the next 5 years, lol!
July 6th, 2008 at 19:22
That’s so sick.. 2 secs for the whole movie ? In my country that will cost thousands of dollar … I wish they will use the same fiber optic here…
July 12th, 2008 at 13:05
reppin Sweden!
July 15th, 2008 at 9:12
I have to say that was truly nice of Peter to be thinking of his mother and wanting to her to have intstant access to the Internet. Do 75 year old women cruise the net?
August 1st, 2008 at 17:23
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September 16th, 2008 at 16:34
Sweden, hmm… This now this is best to get….there! I feel 3.3 Fiber optics for broadband networks and MSO.. How to use dial-up internet on the same PC which is used for Broadband?
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:24
“If I had a 40 Gbps connection, I’d be an ISP in our village. Too bad Pete Lothberg’s mother only uses her Internet connection to read Web-based newspapers.”
- priceless!
September 25th, 2008 at 6:36
It turned out that she was the mother of Peter Lothberg, networking expert who said he wanted to demonstrate the new technology while providing a computer link for his mother.
September 26th, 2008 at 5:08
Neat story. We get fiber optic internet in the core of the city here, but its not that fast - it is however the fastest Ive ever had. Who knows what will be next. They introduced BPL (broadband over power lines) here a little while ago but although convenient, is decidedly slow.
October 10th, 2008 at 11:25
The United States has the lowest available broadband speed and access of almost any of the industrialized countries. It sucks! How can we be a world power and so many of the population using dial-up? It’s crazy to expect to keep up with other countries if we can’t provide the same basic Internet priviledges as competing countries?
November 3rd, 2008 at 1:28
Most likely the connection will never be utilized completely. No server would provide data at such a high speed. Besides she would need a really powerful computer writing data at 4 GB/s which is a bit in the dream world.
November 12th, 2008 at 19:17
Why not 75-year-old woman, I mean if the speed of net is at wow! who don’t wanna to be part of it and whats matter of the age its Globalization time and just to think about is revealed. I like to be with such informative points. 4 GB/s is Ok absconditus, I mean I think about more…..!
November 20th, 2008 at 14:09
So far i think, this is fastest speed in the world, isn’t it? I mean for residential use this one is the fastest one. 40 GBPs !!! Great. So Sweden is going to be the first country to provide this.
December 6th, 2008 at 0:46
Wow, those speeds are sooooo far away from the dial up connections of not so long ago, it’s amazing how the speed capabilities are increasing so dramatically isn’t it ?
December 9th, 2008 at 5:12
40 Gbps is unheard of - I thought I had a fast connection cause i can download a movie in under an hour, but 2 seconds is just bonkers!
January 13th, 2009 at 19:51
WOW! 40 Gbps have got 43 comments. Thats good. anyway
I was interpreting it as 40Megabit connection (which would already be really fast) but 40Gigabit is super overkill! It says there that she can download a full length movie in 2 seconds, but you would propably need a real fast computer to take full advantage of the downloading speed for big files!
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January 18th, 2009 at 13:19
Its 40 Gbps, the one spot it says GBps is a typo. That means its only 5 GBps
January 28th, 2009 at 15:25
Hi Samuel
Thats right only 5 GBps, This surely has to be both the high definition and broadband dream of the future - for the masses, at least.
A 75-year-old woman from Sweden has a 40Gbps broadband connection to her house, thanks to her son, Peter Löthberg, being a pioneer in the wor…
But, I don’t understand how this would work. Can someone explain how the internet can dry someone’s clothes? Please?
February 3rd, 2009 at 4:24
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February 3rd, 2009 at 4:26
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February 11th, 2009 at 17:56
With so many websites streaming video nowdays, more and more bandwidth is needed. Even so 40 Gbps is loads, I cant imagine how fast that would be…
March 6th, 2009 at 2:14
Wow thats crazy! i live in SA and ppl here still use dial up.. thats sad
April 6th, 2009 at 1:40
40 GBPS is an overpowered! I wish I had that kind of speed demon.
But sure is expensive.
April 6th, 2009 at 1:43
I’m having 75kbps and it’s really worst. Here in india broadbands are hell expensive.
I wish I had a cheaper 500 kps or higher speed.
April 14th, 2009 at 7:05
Wow, he can be my son and hook me up. Now that’s fast!
May 3rd, 2009 at 5:50
I agree with Hemoroid Guy, this is really fast, but for how long?
May 23rd, 2009 at 23:27
I guess it shows what can be done, the time will come who knows when that we won’t even be satisfied with that amount. How long will it take do you think…. I am happy enough now with my broadband satellite internet access….. I know 40 Gbps is asking a bit much
June 9th, 2009 at 22:59
Thats ironic I’m sure many other people would make much better use of such internet speeds, but I guess sometimes the people who don’t allways need the best get the best anyway.
But becides that the 75 year old woman must have a beast of a machine to be able to transfer data that fast, A couple of Raid 0 configs at least.
So in theory the internet connection is actually alot faster then it actually is currently.
Thats funny I didn’t think it would be anytime soon that internet speeds will be faster then the internal hardware.
June 11th, 2009 at 16:59
Is it only the speed of my internet connection that matters or also the speed of the hosting server as well?
June 27th, 2009 at 22:58
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July 25th, 2009 at 20:31
Ohh,its too fast…what to say about it lolz…well if i use that kind of speed.possibaly i do my projects ence and itil certification faster than now…less than 2 minutes to download movie…ya i may do some things then not just project…lolz!
July 27th, 2009 at 4:30
We have got 20mb broadband here, and have been offered 50mb, but it is quite expensive….
September 4th, 2009 at 21:40
I live in sweden, and I have like 100MBs…I think I saw a reportage about this few years ago in the news. Sweden rules when it comes to internet connection..:))