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antgonz · Joined: 30 Nov 2007

My internet doesn't work in my apartment anymore and I need some help signing up for one. Which is the fastest one and if I call will they just come and install it? What is an average cost per month for internet? Do they have a website in English?

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

antgonz · Joined: 30 Nov 2007

thanks, as soon as I get some money I will probably get this.

antgonz · Joined: 30 Nov 2007

http://www.kt.com/eng/pro/dome_internet_MegapassLite.jsp?pageNum=1&subNum=3

(unit:KRW)
Type 3 year contract 2 year contract 1 year contract No period Speed
(Downlink/Uplink)1)
ADSL 25,500 27,000 28,500 30,000 8 M / 640K
VDSL 25,500 27,000 28,500 30,000 10 M / 40K
FTTH 25,500 27,000 28,500 30,000 10 M / 10K
Satellite 30,000 1 M / 640K

Can you tell me which of these internet types is the fastest (for downloading?)

This one looks fast:

http://www.kt.com/eng/pro/dome_internet_MegapassPremium.jsp?pageNum=1&subNum=3

so does this one:

http://www.kt.com/eng/pro/dome_internet_Megapass%20Special.jsp?pageNum=1&subNum=3

Thanks homie, appreciate your help.

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

For just run-of-the-mill cablemodem internet, the cheapest rates are often from your cable TV company.

antgonz · Joined: 30 Nov 2007

So what do you use? Or what would you suggest is fast? (really fast- Korean internet is suppose to be one of the fastest in the world).

pkang0202 · Joined: 09 Mar 2007

Megapass is KT and its pretty fast. They have a few tiers.

Megapass lite is the cheapest, then its Megapass Plus I think. And then there is one faster than that.

I think I paid around 35,000w for megapass lite. It is about 10 times faster than your typical cable modem back home.

I recently upgraded to megapass plus and for 4,000w more, I get a nice bump in speed.

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

antgonz · Joined: 30 Nov 2007

RobbJK9 · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Location: Seoul, KR

I'm looking to get cable TV and internet in my apartment, as well. I have a KT building, so I can get a really good internet connection--that's not the problem. I had a Korean friend call and ask about bundles with TV and Internet and they said they didn't have Cable TV, only Internet TV. Neither the woman with KT, nor my friend were able to explain this to me any better than that. Despite being asked "What do you mean internet TV, like cable tv that just uses a shared connection between the internet and tv?" (Because that's what we'd call Cable Internet in the states, right? Not the inverse "Internet TV") Both of the Koreans involved answered with an "I don't know."

So can anyone give any details to a KT Internet + TV bundle?

Also, I have a wireless router left over from my old apartment, and they said I wouldn't be able to use that. Huh?

keseki · Joined: 22 Mar 2007

kt's iptv service (internet tv) is called megaTV. basically you're able to watch all the shows that are on 'traditional' cable TV, but its all coming down through the internet. there is no cable line. everything is also 'on demand', which means you watch what you want, when you want.

there are also a bunch of movies and other things you can watch through megatv.