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Net-Nexus Seoul

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hit-the-baangs dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "Wired has a story in their new issue about Seoul, Korea and how it is The Bandwidth Capital of the World It is really interesting how popular the internet and cybercafes are as a social medium there. They also have a huge following of online game players, with over 70% of broadband users playing online. For me, the best quote about the business opportunities that have sprung up is '(We) wanted to focus on interaction. And what is more interactive than games? We made this market. We made new sectors. American media companies were just using online capacity to distribute offline media.'"

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  1. Also... by Izanagi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't forget the SPAM!

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  2. Net Nexus huh? by DarkHelmet · · Score: 3, Funny
    All that bandwidth and gaming and stuff... I'm reminded of the matrix for some reason. All that computing power. On the virge of turning against us...

    Wow... I always wondered where all those human bodies encased in slime REALLY were.

    I guess we're all really encompassed in goo somewhere in Korea. It's okay...

    I would have preferred Thailand for all the cheap sex when I decide to take the red pill and wake up, but I can live.

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  3. So THAT'S where my Asian spam comes from! by peterdaly · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've always wondered what country could possible have enough bandwidth to send out the amount of Asian spam I get each day. Gotta love Mozilla...it actually shows up with the right character set.

    -Pete

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