All Korea To Have 1Gbps Broadband By 2012?
Found on Slashdot on Sunday, 01 February 2009
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.
Now, if you would try something similar in another country, let's say in the US, the results would be a little bit different. For those who don't remember, the government paid $200 billion to the telcos back in the Nineties for nationwide broadband. Do you have 45Mbps at home? No? But the tax money is gone. That's why this is called the "Broadband Scandal".