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American View On Korean Broadband Leadership
prostoalex writes "South Korea remains the world's undisputed broadband leader (in terms of penetration) with 25 broadband lines for every 100 people as of year-end 2004. But how did it come to that? Joel Strauch moved there to teach English and in his letter to PC World he portrays the everyday life in broadband heaven as well as names the reasons for Korean broadband dominance: 'An ambitious, nearly $11 billion program, it appears to be working. Studies have shown that over a quarter of Koreans have broadband and that anyone who wants it can sign up--with some ISPs charging as little as $19 a month for DSL. I pay $30 myself, for a 1.5-megabits-per-second (mbps) connection--twice the speed of my $50-a-month service back home in the United States.'"
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What's your point, Vanessa?
That's interesting, that's half the speed of my $50 dollar cable connection and I live in the US(Seattle)
The quality of life is determined by much more than high speed broadband.
Even to this day, Korea has a net emigration out of Korea and into the USA. If you are an orphan in Korea, a Westerner (like an American) is much more likely to adopt you than a Korean. The Koreans view people outside of their family as vermin, fit only to die.
Don't forget the sex ratio at birth (SRB). The SRB in Korea is almost as high as that in China. The SRB is 1.20 males to 1 female. The normal SRB is 1.05, which Japan, Vietnam (!), and the USA have.
There is no need to be jealous of Korea.
So you are aware that Cincinnati is basically a shit hole, but you think people would prefer it over having an adventure in South Korea because in Cincinnati people speak English and are likely to carry guns? You are fucking retarded my friend.
Its says "American view on Korean broadband leadership" you ignorant shit "I pay $30 myself, for a 1.5-megabits-per-second (mbps) connection--twice the speed of my $50-a-month service back home in the United States." I'd say your comment was typically anti-american wasn't it? do anything to make an american look bad.
why is it when a story about some country having a stat that is 'better' than the usa's stat it turns into a pissing contest? pathetic.
Yeah, those are the numbers I have. You have a country of 290 million people achieving the third highest internet penetration rate in the world, that's none too shabby.
American also more PC's per capita.
Not that there isn't room for improvement, though. There always is.