more on Why the future is in South Korea

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Udhay Shankar N <udhay () pobox com>
Date: June 11, 2006 12:13:05 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Why the future is in South Korea

At 01:00 AM 6/11/2006, David Farber wrote:

> Fast-forward 11 years: Korea is now the most connected and Net-
> addicted country on Earth. There are a few American companies who
> have benefited from the South Korean broadband boom: Blizzard, for
> example, makes a popular online game called Starcraft which is so
> widely played in South Korea that two TV channels broadcast Starcraft
> matches between professional players.
>
> But the most popular services are homegrown.

This might also have something to do with the fact that (when I was  
in Seoul last) accessing the outside internet, while adequately fast,  
is nowhere near the multi-megabit speeds you can get from servers  
located in Korea. Trying to access a streaming multimedia service  
located outside Korea (yes, I tried) was not a very responsive  
experience.

Udhay

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((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))



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