Clever Clogs
Posts: 601 
November 14th, 2007, 05:49 PM
For three years in my ever-multicultural school which invites more and more International Students each year, one of their most irritating complaint was slow Internet speed.
"You see...we don't really NEED fast Internet service" I always say.
But I've witnessed a stupidest truth I've ever seen in my life.
South Korea-My origin-has an economy that is relatively similar to that of Canada.
My dad always used to say...Canada is poor....fair enough, I thought. For heaven sake, he was my DAD. So I didn't ARGUE about it though I doubted his comment...seriously.
In terms of how my family lived in South Korea and here, I would say that living in Canada was accommodating but...not as much as South Korea...because this place just lacked that infrastructure we always used to enjoy.
Now, let's get to the point.
As you can see, I have a few Korean friends and my relatives that live with us throughout the year except during summer break [because they live in South Korea are they-too-are I.N. Students], they would tell me epic stories about how fast Internet was in South Korea...
I said to them how uninterested I was and just swept them away because OUR Internet was the top-notch Internet also [we pay $45 for that old Ultra High Speed Internet connection. Bell has changed its Internet service name and LOWERED its quality of service...and rose their price. You can find a thread about my complaint somewhere here]
So..I got Interested today. I went to an Korean searching-engine and explored some prices and services which Korean company offered.
Get this.
100mbps [download speed, 10 megabytes per second]
100mbps [upload speed, 10 megabytes per second]
[Best bell offers its customer is 16 mbps...what..1.3 megabytes per second?]
FOR HOW MUCH?
[By the way, this is called "
Megapass Ntopia" , best service from them I believe]
No Contract: 3600 WAN = approximately $30~36 dollar Canadian [NO TAX]
1 Year Contract: 34200 WAN = approxi. $30~34 dollar
2 Year Contract: 32400 WAN = approxi..you get it
3 Year Contract: 30600 WAN = approxi. $25~30 Dollar
[I'm still looking through, my aunt here says that it may cost about $45 per month, thus, making those numbers inaccurate]
Yes, I understand the difference.
I've read through and saw that addition of one more ISP [one more computer] using the service, it requires $14 rise in price.
But still, I laugh at this.
that best connection which Bell offers is $97.95 + TAX and best they can offer is a fraction of...some newly developed country.
....any explanation especially when South Korea's economy does not fall short compared to Canada? [Employee fee + inflation]
For three years in my ever-multicultural school which invites more and more International Students each year, one of their most irritating complaint was slow Internet speed.
"You see...we don't really NEED fast Internet service" I always say.
But I've witnessed a stupidest truth I've ever seen in my life.
South Korea-My origin-has an economy that is relatively similar to that of Canada.
My dad always used to say...Canada is poor....fair enough, I thought. For heaven sake, he was my DAD. So I didn't ARGUE about it though I doubted his comment...seriously.
In terms of how my family lived in South Korea and here, I would say that living in Canada was accommodating but...not as much as South Korea...because this place just lacked that infrastructure we always used to enjoy.
Now, let's get to the point.
As you can see, I have a few Korean friends and my relatives that live with us throughout the year except during summer break [because they live in South Korea are they-too-are I.N. Students], they would tell me epic stories about how fast Internet was in South Korea...
I said to them how uninterested I was and just swept them away because OUR Internet was the top-notch Internet also [we pay $45 for that old Ultra High Speed Internet connection. Bell has changed its Internet service name and LOWERED its quality of service...and rose their price. You can find a thread about my complaint somewhere here]
So..I got Interested today. I went to an Korean searching-engine and explored some prices and services which Korean company offered.
Get this.
100mbps [download speed, 10 megabytes per second]
100mbps [upload speed, 10 megabytes per second]
[Best bell offers its customer is 16 mbps...what..1.3 megabytes per second?]
FOR HOW MUCH?
[By the way, this is called "
Megapass Ntopia" , best service from them I believe]No Contract: 3600 WAN = approximately $30~36 dollar Canadian [NO TAX]
1 Year Contract: 34200 WAN = approxi. $30~34 dollar
2 Year Contract: 32400 WAN = approxi..you get it
3 Year Contract: 30600 WAN = approxi. $25~30 Dollar
[I'm still looking through, my aunt here says that it may cost about $45 per month, thus, making those numbers inaccurate]
Yes, I understand the difference.
I've read through and saw that addition of one more ISP [one more computer] using the service, it requires $14 rise in price.
But still, I laugh at this.
that best connection which Bell offers is $97.95 + TAX and best they can offer is a fraction of...some newly developed country.
....any explanation especially when South Korea's economy does not fall short compared to Canada? [Employee fee + inflation]
November 14th, 2007, 06:14 PM
you can't compare price based on download speeds and such.
To properly compare price, you need to compare cost of infrastructure vs # of customers.
Canada comes out more expensive in lots of areas (long distance, cell phone rates) because we don't have the same customer base to draw on to pay for the infrastructure required to span this country.
you can't compare price based on download speeds and such.
To properly compare price, you need to compare cost of infrastructure vs # of customers.
Canada comes out more expensive in lots of areas (long distance, cell phone rates) because we don't have the same customer base to draw on to pay for the infrastructure required to span this country.
Clever Clogs
Posts: 601
November 14th, 2007, 08:33 PM
But how does it impact the services we might receive?
Does this mean that Canada simply has less developed infrastructure to support a city of just a few million? [Toronto]
Canada has been having a such a increase in use of Internet [people] and should this not be that # of customers?
Instead, I've been witnessing increase in price, not that I complain but wants to know "why"
But it is true that South Korea has more people and less landscape to cover up the infrastructure.
Then is the population the problem?
But how does it impact the services we might receive?
Does this mean that Canada simply has less developed infrastructure to support a city of just a few million? [Toronto]
Canada has been having a such a increase in use of Internet [people] and should this not be that # of customers?
Instead, I've been witnessing increase in price, not that I complain but wants to know "why"
But it is true that South Korea has more people and less landscape to cover up the infrastructure.
Then is the population the problem?
