Elderly Swede wastes world's fastest Internet connection

The Swedish city of Karlstad installed an experimental Internet connection in Sigbritt Lothberg's house. She can download data at 40 gigabits a second -- fast enough to download a full-length movie in two seconds. Of course, since the 75-year-old Lothberg has never had an Internet connection, she's not necessarily impressed by the speedy link: she apparently mostly uses it to read newspapers online. (CBS5.com)


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