I’m sure most IT folks have heard about this dude who hooked up a 40 Gbps fiber internet connection at his mom’s house. (for the CNN version of the story look here; http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/07/20/superfast.net.ap/index.html)

Here are the “Facts” being reported:

• Speed 40 GBPS w/new modulation technique over fiber
• Routers 1,240 miles apart, no intervening transponders
• Karlstad Stadsnät (local council’s network arm & owner of Network)
• Hafsteinn Jonsson (Mgr & network boss)
• Sigbritt Lothberg (mother of cisco engineer, Swedish internet legend)
• Peter Löthberg (cisco engineer)
• Karlstad Sweden (location)

Please let me know if anyone find out some explanation of how this new modulation technique works.

I wonder if this guy has been reading stuff like this?

http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/7158289-description.html

(Long URL, to another interesting paper)