News:Korea To Get 1Gbps Internet Access By 2012

[manuvikraman]

Hi

Imagine internet connectivity at 1Gbps, speeds at which a 120 minute SD film gets downloaded in 12 seconds! The Korea Communications Commission is reportedly spending $22 Billion in upgrading its telecommunications infrastructure that facilitates public internet connections with such extremely high bandwidth as 1Gbps for fixed-lines and up to 10 Mbps for wireless connections. Korea plans to to operationalise this by the year 2012, starting with urban centres, mainly large cities with relatively affluent populations. Other places in the country will still get internet access at speeds of up to 100 Mbps.
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[HailStonE]

jale par namak mat chidko yaar.... :S :S

We do not even have affordable unlimited 1Mbps plans... yet.

 

[linuxtechie]

okkkkkkkkkkk............sigh............................

~LT

 

[panther]

Man, i want to immigrate there, india will have 1gb connection somewhere around 2109

 

[ultimabasher]

But i dont think it will be much useful unless torrents.

Direct download will be capped for sure cause not all can provide that high bandwidth.

besides, anyone care to know the price.

I am sure it will be something they cant afford

 

[thetoxicmind]

Even 1Mbps(Unlimited of course) seems like a distant dream...
But 1Gbps !!!???:S My oh my,would I love that !? hyeah:

 

[Speedz]

1Gbps.... does it open up the site before u click?? :ashamed:

 

[sumit_123]

this means we should shift to korea...........................

 

[Amien]

I am sure it will be something they cant afford

Actually, bandwidth is cheap there, A friend had been there for work-related training (About a year back) and i remember him telling me that a public 1 MBPS unlimited plan was available for the eqvivalent of 500 INR per month....

 

[YoGi-Sama]

Anybody knows any good Korean Chicks??... single preferred, but even married would do. I wouldn't mind re-locating to Korea as substitute boyfriend. :bleh:

 

[Amien]

Anybody knows any good Korean Chicks??... single preferred, but even married would do. I wouldn't mind re-locating to Korea as substitute boyfriend. :bleh:

WTF. I dunno why that sounds a lot like an OP from the market section thread.

"Wanted Korean chick, local delivery preffered, shipping is an option too.
I don't mind picking it up locally. Suitable alternatives/substitutes can be considered"

:S
Hmm, maybe i should finally get some sleep :|

 

[roman1627]

1 - GBPS, thats like light years away for India......man....i wish i could be in Korea....but only in 2012......

 

[krishnavamshi24]

Hmm 1GBPS and here we are struggling to get even 256kbps and some of cable operators call 96kbps broadband ....

 

[manu1991]

doesnt japan have it since 2005 ?

KDDI to launch 1Gbps fiber-optic service in Oct › Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

 

[linuxtechie]

Enough of high speed harping!!!






Err make that extreme high speed.
~LT

 

[Checksum]

So what else is new?

 

[*Raj*]

doesnt japan have it since 2005 ?
KDDI to launch 1Gbps fiber-optic service in Oct › Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

Not 2005 but 2008 as per above news. More intresting part is

The traffic speeds will be the fastest in eastern Japan, up drastically from the current 100 megabits per second.

Even during my visit to Japan in 2001, I remember that speed there was more than 2mbps when opening of a web page in India through telephone dial-up was big achievement

 

[ubergeek]

i hope isps's in india suffer a terrible fate

 

[redx]

1 Gbps wow come on ndia you can get atleast VDSL on telephone lines

 

[Ecstasy]

Every forum is on this argument.