South Korea launched 1gps internet

[dhkkim]

service is limited to seoul, but it is awesome!
A telecom company CJ offers unlimited 1gps for $40 per month.
hopefully US adopt 1gps internet asap... i think best we can get in the states is 20-30mbps from fios.(sigh)

news said that you can download 700mb files in 10 seconds.

 

[EQTitan]

Cable companies here (USA) were capable of doing this 5years ago, it's all about money and why would they have you pay $60 for 1Gbps when they can have you pay that for 12Mbps?

*sidenote* Comcast can do 100Mbps to 250Mbps but that's on the hush, hush

 

[her209]

Does South Korea have government sanctioned monopolies?

 

[Cooky]

Was in Hong Kong a month ago.
Went to a mall where a local telcom company was doing promotion.
The two options on their ads were:
1. 500Mbps
2. 1000Mbps

It kind of makes sense for certain parts of the world, such as HK or S. Korea, where there's dense population and high rises.
Carriers can run fiber to the buildings and get a lot in return quickly.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Cable companies here (USA) were capable of doing this 5years ago, it's all about money and why would they have you pay $60 for 1Gbps when they can have you pay that for 12Mbps?

*sidenote* Comcast can do 100Mbps to 250Mbps but that's on the hush, hush

I don't think it's on the hush hush....they offered me 100MB at home already. 50mb is plenty though.

 

[spidey07]

I don't think it's on the hush hush....they offered me 100MB at home already. 50mb is plenty though.

Yep. There are many cable companies that offer 100 Mbs service.

It's very easy and "cheap" to provide high capacity services when the population is so dense. You see the same in business offerings with metro class ethernet.

 

[Destiny]

Cable companies here (USA) were capable of doing this 5years ago, it's all about money and why would they have you pay $60 for 1Gbps when they can have you pay that for 12Mbps?

*sidenote* Comcast can do 100Mbps to 250Mbps but that's on the hush, hush

If they can do that there will be no need for Satellite TV and other over the air broadcast type media. Why do that when we can stream HD quailty shows, movie, and other media over the internet flawlessly...

 

[drebo]

If they can do that there will be no need for Satellite TV and other over the air broadcast type media. Why do that when we can stream HD quailty shows, movie, and other media over the internet flawlessly...

IPTV...it's been around for a while. FIOS and Uverse both do it.

Incidentally, Uverse's VDSL is capable of speeds over 50mbps.

 

[sandorski]

Meanwhile in North Korea, Indoor Plumbing is launched, but only in limited areas.

 

[wirednuts]

this just in: reported by common sense

america has dense cities too. also, it is not necessary to provide the same service to every last person in the country. corporate greed is why we dont have 1gb/s speeds. period. this is america, we are supposed to lead yet we are slaves to corporate business so progress gets stunted.

 

[Modelworks]

s
hopefully US adopt 1gps internet asap.

LOL
They promised fios coverage to 85% of home by 2006 with 45Mbit up and down. Keep on hoping !


Want to get really depressed read how they already got paid to do it:
http://www.teletruth.org/docs/broadbandscandalfree.pdf

We estimate that the failed fiber optic deployments have cost America over $206 billion in higher phone rates, tax breaks and other financial perks to the phone companies, and it has cost the American economy an estimated $500 billion annually in loss of new growth — so far a total of about $5 trillion.
It is a tale of deceit, fraudulent data and gaming the regulatory system using fake consumer groups, biased research firms and campaign-financed politicians to control everything from the FCC, to Congress, to the state legislatures and commissions to vote for phonecompany-financed laws that are not in the public interest.

 

[drebo]

this just in: reported by common sense

america has dense cities too. also, it is not necessary to provide the same service to every last person in the country. corporate greed is why we dont have 1gb/s speeds. period. this is america, we are supposed to lead yet we are slaves to corporate business so progress gets stunted.

Actually, it's not corporate greed. It's ineffective and outdated government regulation that's the problem now.

15 years ago when it wasn't feasible to differentiate between the service provider and the content provider, geographic infrastructure monopolies made some sense. Now that it's very easy for a content provider to use many different service providers, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is completely outdated and needs to be rewritten sooner rather than later.

 

[kevnich2]

Actually, it's not corporate greed. It's ineffective and outdated government regulation that's the problem now.

15 years ago when it wasn't feasible to differentiate between the service provider and the content provider, geographic infrastructure monopolies made some sense. Now that it's very easy for a content provider to use many different service providers, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is completely outdated and needs to be rewritten sooner rather than later.

Not corporate greed? Haha, well explain why the only cable internet that's D3 are in areas where FIOS is deployed? Regardless what companies say - competition is good for consumer's - it inspires better products, better service and better pricing. Lack of competition and letting companies do whatever they please is why other countries are quickly jumping ahead of us. ISP's will only upgrade and offer faster services when competition dictates that they need to - but not before that.

 

[Fayd]

Actually, it's not corporate greed. It's ineffective and outdated government regulation that's the problem now.

15 years ago when it wasn't feasible to differentiate between the service provider and the content provider, geographic infrastructure monopolies made some sense. Now that it's very easy for a content provider to use many different service providers, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is completely outdated and needs to be rewritten sooner rather than later.

it is corporate greed, because it's that corporate greed that continues to petition congress to keep their government sanctioned monopolies in place.

 

[drebo]

Not corporate greed? Haha, well explain why the only cable internet that's D3 are in areas where FIOS is deployed? Regardless what companies say - competition is good for consumer's - it inspires better products, better service and better pricing. Lack of competition and letting companies do whatever they please is why other countries are quickly jumping ahead of us. ISP's will only upgrade and offer faster services when competition dictates that they need to - but not before that.

That lack of competition made sense 15 years ago when the currently existing legislation was enacted. Today, it doesn't.

Want it changed? Petition your congressman and senator.

On the last reports, AT&T wants the monopolistic sections of 1996 rewritten because it's far more lucrative to be a content provider than a service provider.

Lack of competition hurts everyone, including service providers.

 

[Tsavo]

I can't wait until they offer this here in the year 2238.

 

[drebo]

it is corporate greed, because it's that corporate greed that continues to petition congress to keep their government sanctioned monopolies in place.

Wrong again.

AT&T (the largest ILEC) wants those monopoly conditions rewritten. AT&T makes a hell of a lot more money on reciprocal charges to other telcos than it makes from all of its infrastructure. That's where the money is. However, a condition of the Telco Act of 1996 is that AT&T MUST provide copper infrastructure to any building within its juristiction. That's not lucrative for AT&T anymore, because there are a LOT of companies who could potentially provide service over that line.

AT&T makes nothing on a 25-pair it runs to a building, and probably makes less on a DSL circuit to them. If AT&T isn't providing the telco service to that location, they're losing money on that location. Now that there are many more options for voice, data, and video services, these antiquated regulations are being fought by a lot of people.

I'm of the opinion that all telco infrastructure should be municipalized. However, you should place blame where blame is due and tell the politicians to get off their asses and rewrite these laws.

 

[Emulex]

comcast will have 1gbps soon with 250meg cap

 

[Modelworks]

However, you should place blame where blame is due and tell the politicians to get off their asses and rewrite these laws.

The public can yell all at politicians all day long it will do no good. The telecoms have more money and lobbyist that generate more favor for them than a million complainers could overcome. When the FCC calls for reports on things like broadband availability they read reports from organizations that at first appear non profit and consumer focused until you dig down and find they are funded by telecom.

When they gave the telecoms the right to deregulate it was the worst thing to ever happen to it. You can't trust them to do whats best for consumers . You have to have someone watching what they do.