Sigbritt's son is internet-hardware wizard Peter Löthberg, who installed the system in his mom's house to prove a modulation technique that allows data to flow between routers that are up to 2,000km apart without any data loss—or intermediary signal boosting or routing.

Sigbritt—whose weeks-long pr0n-n-WoW marathons are now long past—put it to other uses. Hafsteinn Jonsson, head of the fiber connections for the local network Karlstad Stadsnät, says:

She mostly used it to dry her laundry...It was a big bit of gear and it got pretty warm.

Alas, the gear is gone now, leaving Sigbritt with a relatively sluggish 10 gigabits to play with. Peter has taken the equipment even farther out, to further test his distance theory. Later this summer Sigbritt might get a 100-gigabit system, though, one that, according to Jonsson, can be used for the "neighbors' laundry too." [The Local]

To put that speed into perspective, it would take 0.14s to download a DVD and only 3s to get your mitts on a HD-DVD. Mr. Löthberg carried out the procedure to demonstrate the viability of such speeds in a residential context.

If Internet connections do ever become this fast, your porn collection is likely to grow beyond the point you can feasibly hide it and everyone will know you for the pervert you are. That said, not everyone will have such perverse uses, certainly not the homeowner herself... Mr. Löthberg's 75yr old mother! [Newlaunches]