Juz browsing the web, and came upon a rather mind blowing fact..
In Korea the entire country will have 1 Gbps service by 2012. Currently, Koreans can get speeds up to 100 Mbps, which is still nearly double the speed of Charter's new 60 Mbps service.
The Korea Communications Commission finalized plans for Internet services at an average speed of 1 Gbps through fixed lines and 10 Mbps through wireless. One Gbps allows users to download a 120-minute film in just 12 seconds. The aim is to give users seamless access to large-capacity, high-quality convergence services such as IPTV.
The new plan by the Korea Communications Commission (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.
This plan will bring innovation to the public's digital lives" a spokesperson for KCC said in a press release.
*sigh.. when will we Malaysian get that kind of benefit.. we are mostly stuck at 1Mbps.. And certain ares the speed can go up to 4Mbps.. but still the quality is not there, frequent disconnection, traffic bottleneck, traffic throttling..
when will the Government take this matter seriously.. there's no life without the net :D
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