While in Germany there is a widespread fight for 100 Mbit/s, in South Korea, dream internet speeds are achieved.
Compared to South Korea, the internet in Germany is quite “slow”. In Germany and the EU, there are likely to be widespread internet connections with 100 Mbit/s for private households by the year 2025. In South Korea, the provider SK Broadband already achieves significantly higher numbers with its fiber optic network. By the year 2020, households in South Korea were supposed to have internet connections with 1 Gbit/s.
Already reached over 50 Gbit/s
As reported by Nokia, the internet provider SK Broadband is already far beyond the 1 Gbit/s target. The two companies have collaborated to create one of the fastest fiber optic connections. An apartment complex in Seoul now reaches speeds of 52.5 Gbit/s. They utilized the existing infrastructure, which previously only managed 2.5 Gbit/s. With this technology, SK Broadband can now offer its customers speeds of 2.5 Gbit/s, 10 Gbit/s, and 40 Gbit/s.
The provider aims to surpass the goal of offering citizens in South Korea 1 Gbit/s by promising customers 10 Gbit/s. According to SK Broadband, these transmission speeds are important to offer ultra-HD videos and services for augmented and virtual reality. It may still take some time before such speeds are achieved across Europe.
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