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lifeinkorea
Joined: 24 Jan 2009
Location: somewhere in China
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TK421
Joined: 05 Aug 2009
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| Funny because my internet here in Korea is about 5 times slower than my comcast internet back in Seattle. |
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aishiii
Joined: 24 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:39 am Post subject: |
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| TK421 wrote: |
| Funny because my internet here in Korea is about 5 times slower than my comcast internet back in Seattle. |
Hey! Korea is best-uh! |
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newken
Joined: 03 Apr 2009
Location: Gwangju
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 2:51 am Post subject: |
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| TK421 wrote: |
| Funny because my internet here in Korea is about 5 times slower than my comcast internet back in Seattle. |
All of the big internet service providers in South Korea provide services in most of the heavily populated places of up to 100Mbps uplink/downlink synchronous. Some buildings are equipped to have only co-axial DOCSIS 2.0 (mostly by SKT's Hanaro Telecom) and/or 50-100Mbps VDSL (mostly by Korea Telecom, or KT), and the two services are asynchronous even when the maximum download speed goes up to 100Mbps.
It is exceptional if your internet service is truly five times slower than what is commonly provided in the US, Seattle or NY or wherever, at reasonable cost (meaning under 20~30 USD/month.) |
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bji
Joined: 05 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:35 am Post subject: |
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| I'd have to agree and say that my internet back in Cali was a lot faster. Then again all the sites I visit are American sites. That probably makes a difference. |
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UknowsI
Joined: 16 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:47 am Post subject: |
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| At home I have something like 30 mb/s up and down and a 2 ms latency to the hub out of the country. Here I can't stream youtube and many pages takes more than 5 seconds to load. I guess a lot of it has to do with the location of the servers though. At my uni it's slightly better, but streaming youtube is not always possible from there either. |
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aishiii
Joined: 24 Apr 2009
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Stewz
Joined: 06 Jul 2009
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:57 am Post subject: |
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seems the same to me
cardigan stewz |
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hockeyguy109
Joined: 22 Dec 2008
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:14 am Post subject: |
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15 years ahead the US in Internet
70 years behind the US in Women's Rights
100 years behind the US in sanitation
500 years behind the whole world in manners. |
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Sadebugo1
Joined: 11 May 2003
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 5:55 am Post subject: Re: U.S. is 15 Years Behind South Korea in Internet Speed |
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It's like comparing apples to oranges because of Korea's size. The US can't provide hi-speed coverage to all the areas within its vast borders. The article should have also addressed the fact that Korea would not have had the internet at all if it weren't invented in ANOTHER country.
Sadebugo
http://travldawrld.blogspot.com/ |
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wormholes101
Joined: 11 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:04 am Post subject: |
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| The negativity is strong tonight. |
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cazador83
Joined: 28 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:10 am Post subject: |
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| hockeyguy109 wrote: |
15 years ahead the US in Internet
60 years behind the US in Civil Rights (namely race and national origin)
70 years behind the US in Women's Rights
100 years behind the US in sanitation
500 years behind the whole world in manners. |
i added one for ya |
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cazador83
Joined: 28 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:13 am Post subject: Re: U.S. is 15 Years Behind South Korea in Internet Speed |
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| Sadebugo1 wrote: |
It's like comparing apples to oranges because of Korea's size. The US can't provide hi-speed coverage to all the areas within its vast borders. The article should have also addressed the fact that Korea would not have had the internet at all if it weren't invented in ANOTHER country.
Sadebugo
http://travldawrld.blogspot.com/ |
hear, hear.
sometimes i'm amazed at the wireless coverage here (phones and internet) and then i remember that this country is about the same size as Indiana... |
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Globutron
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| Here in uk the fastest I've ever got is 1.8mb/s ... |
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bji
Joined: 05 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 6:48 am Post subject: |
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| Saying Korea is 500 years behind in manners is pretty ignorant. The states can be just as bad in some areas. |
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