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KAMAKAZI · Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Location: Jamshil

Just wondering if any of you know a walk-in store in Seoul, preferably around Gangnam / Samseong area, that handles accounts for Wibro service in English? I see a lot of Show stores, but I think most only deal with cell phones. I need to change some details of the account. I tried calling, but they have no English speaking operator. figures.

KAMAKAZI · Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Location: Jamshil

anyone?

Xerxes · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 3:28 am Post subject:

I have WiBro service on my cell and use my cell as a WiBro modem for my labtop. You can�t get WiBro at any cell phone store; you have to go to Korea Telecom (KT) itself to sign up for the service. My cell phone, an up scale version of the popular Omnia phone, but I have no idea what it�s called. No one there spoke English, but I speak some Korean.

There is a KT north of the Yeok Sam Station on the Green (#2) line. (It might be a block east of Yeok Sam Station). That�s where I got mine.

It works like a charm, but it�s a pain at first because my cell initially didn�t receive WiBro signal and had to get my cell phone serviced at the Samsung service center (a software upgrade). You also have to install a software from the cell phone DVD onto your notebook, with all the instructions in Korean. I tried to look for English manuals, but not for the advanced version of Samsung phone available in Korea and not anywhere else available.