So how fast is fast when it comes to an Internet connection? Well, I used to think that a 14.4 modem was lightning speed. Of course, at one time, it was. Just a few years ago, if you didn’t have a 56k v1 modem, you just weren’t living. Today, if you know anybody on Myspace, you’d better have a DSL, Cable, or T1 broadband connection, or you will be stuck loading their page for hours.
However, the speed of the Internet has been put to the test. The fastest residential computer user has been ’spotted’ in Karlstad, Sweden. A 75 year old lady, whos Internet connection was set up by her son, is now surfing at a speed of 40 gigabytes per second. That’s right. Read it again, it is not a typo. This connection is over a fiber optic line, and was specially configured by her son, who is a networking expert.
So what does grandma do with the world’s fastest Internet connection? Not much, really. She mostly uses it to read online newspapers. Too bad she can’t throw a little of that connectivity my way … I could think of a few ways to put it to better use. 