Korea Govt. Plans to Increase Internet Speed by 10 Times

Soon Internet users will be able to download online content at breakneck speeds. Make that 10 times faster than the average Internet data transfer speed available for Korean web users. The state-run Korea Communications Commission says it plans to increase the country's broadband computer network capacity to 1 gigabit per second by 2012. The communications regulator says if all goes well Internet users can, for example, download a full-length movie or a 1.5 gigabyte video file in about 12 seconds compared with the 120 seconds it currently takes. [Read more...]