Virgin Media made a huge event out of the launch of their 50Mb fixed-line broadband service, residents of Bournemouth fought their way to become one of the first to get connected up to the newly-launched 100Mb fibre optic trial but once again, Korea seems to be making a mockery of the UK’s plans to establish a superfast broadband network across the country as it gears up for a mega fast 1Gb service.
Hoping to be established by 2012, the Korean Communications Commission has announced a strategy to give its IT infrastructure a boost at a cost of US $24.6 billion. So ambitious are the drafts for this improved broadband network, it has been estimated that a total of 120,000 jobs will have to be created in order to complete the work.
Already, Koreans can quite happily connect to their broadband at speeds of up to 100Mb - a godsend for the country’s eager online gaming community. Unfortunately, this is something that’s proving very hard to establish here in the
If that wasn’t enough, the Korean wireless broadband network is said to be set for a boost, too. The Korean Communications Commission has also confirmed that it will improve its wireless broadband service to cope with speeds of up to 10Mb.
Wondering how far away your broadband service is from this 100Mb goal at the moment? Why not give your connection a speed test at www.broadbandgenie.co.uk/speedtest?
