Thursday 29 November 2007 19:45

TeliaSonera and Cisco provide Dreamhack with the fastest internet connection in the world

Just an hour or so ago, Dreamhack, the world’s largest computer festival officially opened in Jönköping, Sweden. At the same time, the fastest internet access in the Nordic region was also launched. TeliaSonera and Cisco are providing the technology that offers an internet connection speed of 40 gigabits per second. Over the course of the festival, the 15,000 visitors will enjoy an unrivalled broadband and gaming experience. 

When visitors to DreamHack connect to the internet, they will be the first people in the Nordic countries to use totally new technology that offers a transfer speed of 40 gigabits per second. TeliaSonera is providing the high technology fibre network that enables such an unrivalled connection speed while Cisco is providing a super router able to handle a transfer speed of 92 terabits per second. That is over one thousand times as much data as the largest internet junction in Sweden can handle. An internet junction is the physical point where operators send traffic between themselves.
“Over one billion online gamers could play at the same time when this super router is fully developed. It is proof that the next generation internet is already here and that Cisco is the world leader in this area,” says Sverker Hannervall, CEO Cisco Sweden.

TeliaSonera International Carrier meets the extremely strict quality demands of the online community and reaches more online gamers in Europe than any other carrier.
“Online gaming, moving images and streamed media are dictating development today,” says Erik Hallberg, head of broadband services at TeliaSonera in Sweden. A transfer capacity of 40 Gbit/s means you can have 10,000 TV channels or video on demand films at the same time. This will take the internet to a whole new level.”

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