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Broadband Is The Secret To South Korea's Success
An anonymous reader writes "What makes South Korea so special in the world of high-speed Internet access? How can the U.S. and other countries learn from it? What separates South Korea from the rest is a clear agenda and execution process by the government. They wanted to be THE broadband capital of the world so bad, they never swayed from that goal. After the 1997 Asian financial crisis, South Korea was desperate for a savior. The government realized technology was going to restore the country's economic health so the entire country unified to push broadband penetration rates to the extreme."
i think the $ would be better spent on preventing another terror attack. or health care. or deposing some dictator such as Milosevic or Saddam. I also don't understand why you need to change congress just to talk to your girlfriend? Why not just...go see her in person?
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How is universal broadband access a panacea for anything, other than your pr0n habit? Does low-ping-time Counterstrike imply a superior culture? Does the type of Internet access that you have really matter? All these questions, and more, are germane if you're an AC propeller-head.
To the rest of the world, the more important questions are things like:
How does the existence of a wealthy, benevolent trading partner improve the economy of a small, threatened-on-nearly-all-sides country?
How is the cultural work ethic shaped by having a million-man army of starving Communists sitting on your doorstep?
What chilling effect on society stems from large levels of government interference and encroachment on personal liberty?
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tha's brilliant bumpkin....answer me this: why is it that those opposed to the war in iraq are having to pay for that?...your argument doesn't sound so thorogh from that angle does it...according to your original line of reasoning, what about the people who "don't want or have no use for" running water? "why should the be forced to pay for a service they don't need?"...
imagine the people who could benefit from top-shelf broadband...doctors, biologist, teachers, colleges, etc. - just to name a a few...point here is, there is tons of fiber running through the US....we just don't get it b/c of the super-weak telecos...
i am currently paying for 3Mb download with a paltry 128kbps upload, while my cable modem taps out at 10Mbps and i have Gb on my mobo...tell me why they telecos can't keep up with that...i know they have the bandwidth...even over their existing lines...but why should they open their pipes up any wider when peeps in the US are happy paying for the crumbs they're already getting...
maybe you should check with your personal assistant before you talk in the future...don't be a moron...
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