It is important to remember it's South Korea that's got the high broadband penetration, and I read on theinquirer that it was subsidised - don't know what speeds you get though. North Korea is locked down something awful. And, how big is South Korea?, it's all very well saying that everyone's got a broadband line, but if your population is only 20Million, probably not very hard, percentages belie the real numbers.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 12:00 PM Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Factoid > No pun intended with 'high broadband penetration' and 'porno-movies'... > > I guess population density has a lot to do with it. The monthly costs are > cheap - what bandwidth are you talking about for $10/month and is it > subsidised in any way? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nish Park > Sent: 22 September 2003 11:09 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [smartBridges] Factoid > > > I have been following Korea market for past 3-4 years. The two MAIN reasons > for this type of high broadband penetration in Korea are - > a) Low subscription fee, less than $10/month for residential access > b) Porno-movies > > ADSL provides most of the coverage, followed by Cable Modems. WISP is almost > non-existent due to success of the other two technologies. > > Nish > smartBridges > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Bobby Bounds > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 12:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [smartBridges] Factoid > > Current Events Topic: > "South Korea holds a large lead over the rest of the world in the > percentage of people who have high-speed Internet connections, the U.N. > communications agency said on September 16, 2003. Between 60 and 70 percent > of all households in South Korea have a broadband connection, and cybercafes > where students play online games are 'almost on every corner,' said Taylor > Reynolds, one of the authors of a report by the International > Telecommunication Union. 'Broadband is just an essential part of everyday > life. They use it for e-mail, they use it for chat, for music, all sorts of > things,' Reynolds said." - Source > > ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- > Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV > http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> > To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) > Archives: http://archives.part-15.org > > ----------ANNOUNCEMENT---------- Don't forget to register for WISPCON IV http://www.wispcon.info/us/wispcon-iv/wispcon-iv.htm The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
