The Life Is Just Not Fair Department

a 75-year old Swedish woman has just had an internet connection added to her home. Big deal, you say? Well, what if you knew that its a really, really fast connection. As in 40 gigabits-per-second. As in download a feature-length film in two seconds.

(Sigbritt) 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.

Why is unfair? Ms. Lothberg only uses the connection to read online newspapers. Please don't hurt your hand punching the walls.