FCC Report

tw · 07-23-2012, 03:22 PM

I no longer remember the exact numbers. But I do remember the price. South Koreans paid an average $20 per month for a national average 50Mb(?) connection. A speed that was only the highest service offered by Verizon and Comcast for something like $50 or $70(?) per month.

Satellite communication was never as robust, less expensive, or as fast as landline connections as soon as fiber was commercially available. Fiber made everything - even existing microwave stations - much more expensive. The Economist discussed this in a series entitled "The Death of Distance".

07-23-2012, 03:22 PM	#1
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	I no longer remember the exact numbers. But I do remember the price. South Koreans paid an average $20 per month for a national average 50Mb(?) connection. A speed that was only the highest service offered by Verizon and Comcast for something like $50 or $70(?) per month. Satellite communication was never as robust, less expensive, or as fast as landline connections as soon as fiber was commercially available. Fiber made everything - even existing microwave stations - much more expensive. The Economist discussed this in a series entitled "The Death of Distance".

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