Seocho-gu has the fastest Internet connections in the world

by Robert Koehler on February 13, 2012

I suppose if you live in Seocho-gu and enjoy Internet content of an, ahem, more multimedia variety, this is very good news.

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1 Kowiana February 13, 2012 at 1:39 pm: This Chosun summary should have mentioned the speeds quoted are average speeds but only mentions this in the final paragraph about countries. It should have also stated how they were measured. Found the article reference here with more details. http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/10/internet-speed
2 sylv February 13, 2012 at 10:51 pm: I live in Seoraemaeul a.k.a. the French village, spank in the middle of Seocho-gu, and my Internet connection’s been pretty slow on average, sometimes to the point of drying up completely, since I moved here in 2006. Doesn’t compare with what I got out of my triple play Freebox (from world-class telecom operator Free) back when I lived in Paris before 2006.

And to think that I have had to put up with that constant Korea-hub-of-the-Interwebs crap all the while…

(Admittedly, I live in a “billa” and connections are probably way faster in the chaebol-built and run “apateu”.)
3 Arghaeri February 14, 2012 at 3:32 pm: If its cable in old villa probably a theoretical 8-14 Mbit, full blown installation in brand new high rise a theoretical 100 Mbit
4 Kowiana February 14, 2012 at 3:36 pm: @Arghaeri Most villas in Seoul these days also have access to 100 Mbps connections. (Like the past two places I lived) Just have to check if your place has a 광랜 connection installed.
5 Arghaeri February 14, 2012 at 8:49 pm: I’m sure you’re right, I gave examples, they weren’t intended to be limiting, but generally I believe they don’t retrofit into older buildings.
6 sylv February 15, 2012 at 12:08 pm: Indeed my villa was built around 1995 and we haven’t had 광랜 installed although it’s a rather upscale villa.

I wonder how those Korean stats are obtained but I seem to remember that apateu only make up about half of the housing in Seoul, probably lower outside of Seoul. At the very least, it would mean the stats are an average covering up wild discrepancies.
7 Kowiana February 15, 2012 at 12:10 pm: If you read The Economist article in the link I posted above you can find out how they got their stats.