South Korea Wants to 1 Gbps internet in homes in 2012
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Although South Korea has the fastest internet speeds in the world That does not stop the country's government to seek further. By the end of 2012, the country hopes to connect every household in the country to the Internet from 1 gigabit per second. This would mean multiplying by 10 the standard that exists in the country (and as per 1,000 that exists in other countries).
the meantime, has launched a pilot project to connect 5,000 homes in five cities. For this connection test, each client pay about 30,000 won per month, about $ 27. Still do not know what it will cost when it is operating globally, although the government say it will be much less than the $ 70 it costs such a connection in Japan.
Currently, South Koreans pay on average $ 38 for a 100 Mbps connection
Who monitors this plan is an engineer with only 28-year-old Choi Gwang. "Many Koreans are early-adopters, and we need to be prepared for things like 3D TV, Internet TV, high definition multimedia, gaming and video, ultra-high definition, cloud computing," said Choi The New York Times.
On the technical side, there are too many challenges to implementing this system in South Korea. DSL lines have to be replaced, but the fiber optic network, which is already widely used, is capable of allowing speeds of 1 Gbps. Anyway, the plan is projected to cost U.S. $ 24,600 million (as most private companies that offer the service).
Link: South Korea Seeks Internet speed of 1 gigabit a second (NYTimes)
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