"This is more than just a demonstration," said network boss Hafsteinn Jonsson.
"As a network owner we're trying to persuade internet operators to invest in faster connections. And Peter Löthberg wanted to show how you can build a low price, high capacity line over long distances," he told The Local.
They wanted to prove that fiber technology makes such connections commercially viable.
"The most difficult part of the whole project was installing Windows on Sigbritt's PC," said Jonsson.
http://www.thelocal.se/7869/20070712/ -via Reddit
My input was that in order to download, say, a DVD in .2 seconds, the download host would need a line as fast/faster.