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88Sparky
Joined: 02 Oct 2011
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 Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:40 pm Post subject: The Best Internet Broadband Providers in Korea? |
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| Who are the best broadband internet providers in Korea? Any thoughts would be appreciated. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 2:31 am Post subject: Re: The Best Internet Broadband Providers in Korea? |
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| Who are the best broadband internet providers in Korea? Any thoughts would be appreciated. |
Even the worst of them kick ass compared to what you get at home.
The basic minimum will be 10mbps with no limits or throttles.
Most offer VDSL or FTTH with 100mbps to 1gbps for rates ranging from 30k to 65k.
Cable companies offer 10mbps + digital cable TV combos for about 20k (all-in).
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Swampfox10mm
Joined: 24 Mar 2011
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:21 am Post subject: |
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I'm not so upbeat about Korean ISPs anymore. Not since what happened with Japan and the Tsunami. In fact, I have seen nothing but slowing, throttled speeds for the last few years.
Just a word of advice... if you're planning to access internet OUTSIDE of Korea, stay away from SK Telecom! |
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dazzed
Joined: 26 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:17 am Post subject: |
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| SK took over hanaro Internet service. It was the worst internet provider. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:40 am Post subject: |
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| I think KT is the best, but they are also the most expensive out of all the providers. |
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88Sparky
Joined: 02 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:12 am Post subject: |
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| T-Broad is worse than SK Telecom. I've had a good experience with SK Broadband. I was just curious. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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| KT has been the best for me. Speed and stability are good and, best of all, their routers don't seem to block torrents! |
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ThingsComeAround
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't like KT.
Used them when I returned to Korea back in '09 and everything started out great- I loved to play games while downloading movies on usenet/torrent what have you  After two months of blissful net speed they cut me off randomly (even after I restarted my router). The reason they gave was that I owned a macbook and it would never happen on a PC 
LG never gave me a hassle- only they don't like to use a foreign name on the billing statement |
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UknowsI
Joined: 16 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| I can recommend KT with FTTH if you are going to play games with American servers. I went from 300 ms latency and packet losses to a 150 ms when I switched ISP. |
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