Top Consumer ISPs in South Korea

With a densely populated urban area around its capital city, Seoul, South Korea has developed into a flourishing broadband community where DSL completes with cable modem access. Satellite and wireless connectivity lags because copper and coaxial connections are so readily available.

by Alex Goldman Associate Editor ISP-Planet [June 13, 2002]

In South Korea, dialup accounts continue to decrease as users trade up for cable modem and DSL access. Satellite services also show a slight decrease, but this segment of the broadband market is under the control of a single incumbent carrier, Korea Telecom. As a result, it's impossible to distinguish between a monopoly disincentive hindering satellite uptake and the technological disadvantages of satellite Internet access, which is subject to latency.

Top Webhosts in South Korea
For reasons not explained by the data shown here, the total number of leased line accounts and the total number of Webhosting accounts both declined in South Korea over the past three months. This could mean that there are fewer sites that need to be hosted or that sites hosted in South Korea three months ago have found hosts in other countries. Either way, there has been a downturn in Webhosting activity.

Networking Accounts in South Korea
The number of networking accounts remained stable over the past three months. Although there is one interesting element to note—South Korea ISPs show no recorded use of wireless local area networking (WLAN) systems—a seemingly remarkable development give WLAN growth in other countries.

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