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Broadband Is The Secret To South Korea's Success

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the LPB dept.

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."

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  1. Easy. by JavaLord · · Score: 4, Funny

    How can the U.S. and other countries learn from it?

    They must learn the technique of Zerg rush, and then everything else will fall in line.

    1. Re:Easy. by Epistax · · Score: 4, Funny

      I see your zerg rush and raise you a bunker with two marines and two firebats.
      -or-
      I see your 100 zerglings and raise you 5 zealots.

  2. Average thread maturity falling...falling... by beef+curtains · · Score: 4, Funny

    "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." Broadband penetration is good stuff...but me, I'm a fan of broadband girl-on-girl.

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    1. Re:Average thread maturity falling...falling... by pHatidic · · Score: 1, Funny

      Just imagine what ultra-broadband Goatse would look like. You could see INSIDE the guys ass. Oh... Wait... Yeah.......

    2. Re:Average thread maturity falling...falling... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      I would go for that, as long as neither woman turns turns out to be a robot with some nerd's brain in it.

  3. Broadband Bush Speeches to Every Home! by mihal · · Score: 0, Funny

    That's what US needs.

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  4. I thought.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..government involvement was bad?! I am confused!

  5. Re:Does anyone know.. by sfraggle · · Score: 4, Funny

    I dont think its really fair to stereotype all Koreans as obsessive Starcraft players. Plenty of them obsess over other online games such as Warcraft and Diablo2 as well.

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  6. Re:Bush is Pushing for Broadband too... by DurendalMac · · Score: 2, Funny

    But broadband porno is a Constitutional right!

  7. Re:Bush is Pushing for Broadband too... by lucabrasi999 · · Score: 2, Funny
    I think that Americans could benefit from a committee established

    Yes, that's exactly what we need. ANOTHER committee.

  8. This should be modded... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...(Score: 5, kekekekekekekekeke)

    :-)

  9. Re:UK by meringuoid · · Score: 2, Funny
    Personally, I think the UK could be a fairly prime contender for Korea style broadband. High population density, not a large land mass... bring it on!

    * hollow laughter *

    With OFCOM and BT in charge of it, I'm amazed we've even got ADSL.

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  10. Re:Bush is Pushing for Broadband too... by Bull999999 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did you ever think that maybe it's easier to deploy broadband service in South Korea since it's land size is about 1/4 of Colorado?

    Last thing US needs is more people sitting in front of the computer chatting or playing online games all day. If you get a Democratic congress, I foresee lawsuits against ISPs because "The Internet made me fat!".

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  11. Re:Bush is Pushing for Broadband too... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Your girlfriend has had broadband and a webcam for a while, she just hasn't bothered telling you.