And that is why Steam is one of the best out there in my humble opinion.

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.

you do realize that if steam ever dies we're going to have a similar problem

They could be clearing personal debt or student loans but they spend there time creating havoc while people are trying to entertain themselves .