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FMPJ · Joined: 03 Jun 2008

I've been considering Nespot or Wibro and by all accounts the latter is superior. I haven't spoken to people who have personally used it, though, so if you have direct experience as a Wibro subscriber (is that even the right term? whatever), let me know what you think of it.

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

Someone on here has it. I think it's worth it to go with the more expensive choice, unless you don't use it much.

OneWayTraffic · Joined: 14 Mar 2005

Try a search. There was a thread about 2 months ago.

Long story short, it's great for commuting, and coffee shops. You will get a signal in subways and buses. You may not always get a signal in some buildings, especially the larger office towers.

For home use, it would be ok if you just needed the odd email check and a bit of light use. It can download at 1Mbps or more sometimes, but average speed is sluggish compared to a fixed conn and you will get dropped from time to time especially when moving and in low signal areas. It's not for gaming.

I have it and it's well worth it for me.

FMPJ · Joined: 03 Jun 2008

Yeah, not for home at all. I'll mostly use it in coffee shops and taxis.

KTX?

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

KTX... hmm... I wonder... but I know you can pay a little extra and use their wifi system while riding.

pkang0202 · Joined: 09 Mar 2007

WiBro only works in Seoul. You can use it on the KTX up until the train leave Seoul and you don't have a signal anymore.

do a search. There are other threads that discuss WiBro in detail.