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All Korea To Have 1Gbps Broadband By 2012?
An anonymous reader writes to tell us that while 60 Mbps may be enough to get us excited in the US, Korea is making plans to set the bar much higher. The entire country is gearing up to have 1 Gbps service by 2012, or at least that is what the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) is claiming. 'Currently, Koreans can get speeds up to 100 Mbps, which is still nearly double the speed of Charter's new 60 Mbps service. The new plan by the KCC will cost 34.1 trillion ($24.6 billion USD) over the next five years. The central government will put up 1.3 trillion won, with the remainder coming from private telecom operators. The project is also expected to create more than 120,000 jobs — a win for the Korean economy.'"
Now their Zergrush will reach me even faster than before!
A network speed that meets Vista's basic internet browsing and e-mail requirements!
Executive bonuses!
for the second comming of starcraft!!!
Where is the "Ignorant" mod tag?
Welcome to the 20th Century mate :)
Obviuos solution: outsource goverment to Korea.
839*929
They have a history of being crushed by their neighbors and suffering disproportionately for it. They have 1.2 billion Chinese to the West, 100 million Japanese to the West
Japanese to the West huh?
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
The old people will only use it for email.
Fascism starts when the efficiency of the government becomes more important than the rights of the people.
N. Koreans are still resorting to cannibalism due to extreme food shortages, and being punished for doing so because it's embarrassing to their failed leader.
Are you sure it's not "Gigabit Passive Optical Remote Network" instead?
Just keep going west...you'll get to it at some point. :)
Grammer Nazis - I mod you "troll" unless you actually add something on-topic. Yes, I know I have mispellings in my sig.
The bigger the tubes are, the more Zerg you can fit down them.
My servers are hosted in Korea, you insensitive clod!