Internet in Korea: 100 Mbit standard

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The majority of South Koreans rate their broadband services as ‘ordinary’ despite having the world’s fastest internet connections, according to a recent survey. Korean broadband providers typically offer speeds of 100Mbps. However, the government-sponsored Korean Communications Commission (KCC) found that no service provider consistently provides this level of service. The fastest ‘100Mbps’ service was delivered by LG Powercomm with an average speed of 91Mbps, the KCC found. The average speed of all 100Mbps service providers is just 46Mbps, but this compares to typical average broadband speeds of well below 10Mbps in most other countries.

Seven service providers offer high-speed broadband services in Korea to more than 15 million subscribers. Korea Telecom controls 44.2 per cent of the market, followed by Hanarotelecom with 24 per cent and LG Powercomm with 12.2 per cent. “By giving quality information to internet users, we expect customers to have more information when they choose products,†said KCC representative Lee Eun-hee, according to the Joongang Daily. “This encourages service providers to compete against one another to improve the overall quality of such products.†Kim Young-wan of Korea Telecom added: “The rate at which high-speed internet customers are increasing has slowed down a lot. “That is why internet service providers are looking for new revenue sources such as internet telephony and IPTV services.â€

Source : Releaselog | RLSLOG.net Internet in Korea: 100 Mbit standard

Let the flame wars begin :bleh:
 
sigh! nothing new for Korea. Bloody those people has so much bandwidth at their disposal, everyone can be running data centers from their homes :mad: All i really want is to be able to view youtube videos without pauses or lag :(
 
Checksum said:
sigh! nothing new for Korea. Bloody those people has so much bandwidth at their disposal, everyone can be running data centers from their homes :mad: All i really want is to be able to view youtube videos without pauses or lag :(
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+1 Youtube without any pauses FTW!! :eek:hyeah:
 
Checksum said:
sigh! nothing new for Korea. Bloody those people has so much bandwidth at their disposal, everyone can be running data centers from their homes :mad: All i really want is to be able to view youtube videos without pauses or lag :(
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2 mbps is more than enough for youtube.
 
korea, japan,finalnd have the highest bandwidths.

The main reason is the size of these countries to there financial strength.

on the other hand US has an avg speed of 5 mbps and ranks 7th over all ..even though its the economic superpower..thats be coz of the size of the country.

i guess the avg bandwidth in india last yr was 256kbps and barely made it to the top ten
 
i'm sitting on a 24mbps line in UK right now :)
man its good :p

btw...at college i get 4MB speeds using rapishare...that translates to 32mbps as well :D
^^the difference between the 2 is that at college the bandwidth is shared so more users=less speed
out here, each comp gets the same constant bandwidth at which its capped.... thats much better :)

and talking about youtube, it takes hardly 2seconds for a full vid to buffer :D
 
Great as our hopes are, we must accept the fact that a majority of our internet users still don't demand that kind of speed. Most don't even need the 2mbps that they get...... and obviously, the ISPs in india won't bother bringing in new high speed UL plans unless a real demand arises...........I was wondering if it was possible to get a single connection for an entire colony and then share it among all households with wifi or maybe via conventional LAN cables ? .......that could do the job very well wouldn't it ?
 
_pappu_ said:
i'm sitting on a 24mbps line in UK right now :)

man its good :p

and talking about youtube, it takes hardly 2seconds for a full vid to buffer :D
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:(dude please dont rub salt on out wounds :no:

t1ruda said:
note to self....Find a Korean woman..marry her and move to Korea....answers to all my internet trouble!!!
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:rofl: :rofl: IMO korean women dont look all that good :p

seriously speaking we need atleast 1 or 2 mbps uncapped line at a decent price like 500-750 per month ..and yeah most importantly with minimum downtimes ;)
 
FaH33m said:
IMO korean women dont look all that good :p
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Who needs good looks with all the bandwidth....you know as Joey (F.R.I.E.N.D.S) says for internet "You know how much porn they got there" :rofl: :rofl:
 
OK. So whats the point of comparing our internet speed with theirs?? I mean whats the whole freakin point of drooling at other countries bandwidth????? :mad: :mad: :mad:
 
Hye Kyo one is Hotttt...

OK. So whats the point of comparing our internet speed with theirs?? I mean whats the whole freakin point of drooling at other countries bandwidth?????
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Same as drooling at others girlfriends..
 
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