MrShooter01
Storm Wind Strikeforce
Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.12.27 20:25:00 -
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Maken Tosch wrote:Jadek Menaheim wrote:
South Korea is not a very big country. North and South combined is about the size of the state of Minnesota. It easier to wire the infrastructure of a country the size and more economically adventageous capitalize on the human resources of a highly populated region. That being said the South Korean government took incredibly proactive steps to encourage service competition, helping drive quality up and price down. It also helps that the timely release of Star Craft in pc cafes drove a monumental demand for cheap home pc Internet connectivity early on.
I look forward to going back. The 5g network might be coming online there in 2017. Download a full movie to your phone in seconds.
That's good for them. As for us Americans, good god our internet sucks and we pay many times more for the less than what SK gets. It's madness I tell ya. To make matters worse, our internet service providers are not doing much of anything to improve the network infrastructure. Netflix even paid Comcast voluntarily to cover the costs of upgrading the infrastructure but Comcast was reluctant to do so. The US government even paid Comcast to do that -- which entails a stronger obligation on the part of the business -- but then somehow legislation was later passed that enabled the company to get away with NOT following through with its obligations while keeping the tax-payer money it received. In the meantime, Comcast and the like are just intentionally clogging up the connections with useless/junk data while still charging a ridiculous amount of money with bait-and-switch marketing tactics. I want to move to SK now.
I'd personally like to see some of those companies hellbent on getting market share in the US just providing proper internet speeds, mobile services, and TV service that the rest of the world enjoys to the American continents, beating our ISPs into the dirt and bankrupting them
Then blackballing all the managers and executives and CEOs of our current "service" providers from ever getting a job in the industry again, and just for the hell of it refusing to provide them with any level of internet service
"We're sorry sir, we are currently not providing phone or internet service to any household you happen to be living in at the moment, but for $10,000 we could install a line and give you our exclusive economy plus premium executive platinum service for former Comcast board members with 56kbps speeds, a 100mb monthly bandwidth limit, 13% network uptime, and 1h/1 day a week customer service provided by your disgruntled former employees, all for only 2,999 a month plus applicable fees! We're sure you of all people will appreciate this great value :)"
While I'm dreaming, ending world hunger and wars would be cool too  |