Korea Is World's Fastest Internet

Aka mai Technologies, an internet information agency, released its 2009 “State of the Internet” report, which lists the top 100 fastest internet cities in the world. Of the one hundred, 59 Asian cities made it to the list, dominated by, who else, Japan and Korea. And get this, Korea surpassed Japan at the no. 1 spot! Now, where is Masan, South Korea again? I might want to set up my own PC bang business in that city.



The speed figures (kbps) can really get very shocking, especially if you are like me who's long thrived with third-world speed levels, which is still 10x less when compared with the 100th fastest. The average internet broadband speed in the Philippines is at 2,000 kbps (2 mbps), while Koreans enjoy effin' 40,000+ kbps (40mbps). Come on!

It's a sure reverse culture shock that I'm am going to get once I return to the Philippines. Korea's fast internet has been home to me.