Southeast Korea moving to 1 gigabit Internet connections

The New York Times is reporting that South Korea is preparing to advance their already fast Internet speeds.South Korea already has the fastest residential speeds in the world, with every household having a connection that downloads at nearly 16 Mbits per second.Reads the report: "By the end of 2012, South Korea intends to associate both home in the country to the Internet at one gigabit per second. That would be a tenfold increase from the already blazing national standard and more than 200 seasons As prompt as the mediocre household apparatus within the Cohesive States."Time South Koreans download at over 16 Mbits per sec, the average American is running a much slower connection at 4.6 Mbits per second. There are, naturally , 100 Mbit connections in the U.S., but they're certainly not commonplace.While having superior speeds, South Koreans also salary less, paying the equivalent of $38 USD per month. The average American is paying $46 per month for their connection.A bigger list of middle speeds found here: Global Internet connection speeds

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