Internet Speed in Korea

In: Daily Life in Seoul, South Korea| Korean Infrastructure| Technology

6 Oct 2009

Have you ever wondered how fast your internet speed really is in Korea?

Korea has the fastest internet speed in the world!

Eunmi told me she downloaded an entire show in just a few seconds. She says that you can download 1 gigabyte movies in just 10 minutes in Korea. I told her that can’t be right.

She looked around and found an article that shows South Korea ranking 1st in internet connection speeds.  It turns out that South Korea has the world’s fastest internet, with average connection speeds of 11 Mbps. That’s the average.

I tested the speed of the internet connection at my place in Seoul, and my download speed was 45 Mbps. Thats ten times faster than a cable connection in America. A study states that Korea has the fastest connections, with the US placing 18th in the world.

That means that I can download a gigabyte in less than 3 minutes. Insane.

With integration of wireless technologies such as the WiMax egg, watching streaming HD movies wirelessly anywhere in Seoul has become a reality. Just imagine what will happen when WIFI is available via iPhone when it finally arrives this fall.

Look below, that is a screenshot of an internet speed test from speedtest.net on Eunmi’s laptop at my place.

internet speed in korea

8 Responses to Internet Speed in Korea

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한수훈

October 18th, 2009 at 1:09 am

This is Korea Internet Speed.(KT Megapass / Korea Telecom)

Maxium 100 Mbps ~

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Noras

October 31st, 2009 at 5:21 pm

Yes, I just got a web hosting from Internet Brothers south Korea. Their hosting speed even is much faster than other hostings I used in singaporee and Japan.

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Daphne

January 30th, 2010 at 3:01 pm

Cool… I wish Singapore has got such fast speeds! but is that speed wireless or cabled?

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