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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.
Associate Editor ISP-Planet [June 13, 2002] |
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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 if there is a monopoly disincentive hindering normal consumer update of DSL and cable modem access.
| Rank |
ISP |
Dialup |
xDSL |
Cable |
WLAN |
ISDN |
Satellite |
|
1 |
249,447 |
3,629,707
|
|
948 |
68,470 |
11,816 |
|
|
2 |
152,338 |
78,480 |
69,172 |
- |
- |
- |
|
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|
95,793
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
Shinbiro (Onse Telecom ) |
28,650 |
- |
378,431 |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
SamsungNetworks
(formerly
UNITEL)
|
20,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,900
|
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|
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|
808
|
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|
8 |
240 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
9 |
- |
1,101,956 |
1,151,657 |
34,077 |
24,161 |
- |
|
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- |
63,800 |
71,200 |
- |
- |
- |
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31,220
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20,000
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|
19,856
|
|
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|
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|
|
- |
3,433 |
1,397,585 |
- |
- |
- |
|
|
15 |
|
3,000
|
71,200
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
2,600
|
14,880
|
|
|
|
|
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|
447
|
21,558
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
340
|
-
|
|
|
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Syncroad
(SK Telecom
)
|
|
|
32,384
|
|
|
|
|
|
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35,673
|
|
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27,500
|
|
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15,261
|
|
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Total:
South Korea
(including smaller operators) |
553,866
|
4,956,233
|
3,330,325
|
35,025
|
92,654
|
11,816
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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.
| Rank |
ISP |
Webhosting Accounts |
Leased
Lines |
|
|
TTNet
(Today
& Tomorrow)
|
55,987
|
|
|
2 |
5,136 |
28,274 |
|
|
|
4,000
|
368
|
|
|
4 |
3,552 |
12,226 |
|
|
5 |
Shinbiro (Onse Telecom ) |
830 |
1,714 |
|
|
400
|
62
|
|
|
7 |
295 |
1,102 |
|
|
|
EDUNET
|
400
|
3
|
|
9 |
95 |
6,435 |
|
|
|
82
|
928
|
|
|
|
SamsungNetworks
(formerly UNITEL) |
70
|
810
|
|
|
19
|
631
|
|
| Total:
South Korea (including small operators) |
72,686
|
78,034
|
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.
| Rank |
ISP |
Leased Line |
xDSL |
Cable |
WLAN |
Total |
|
1 |
- |
519,187 |
- |
- |
519,187 |
|
|
2 |
- |
48,256 |
- |
- |
48,256 |
|
|
3 |
- |
- |
16,854 |
- |
16,854 |
|
|
4 |
ITS TV (Industrial Technology Service) |
- |
6,837 |
- |
- |
6,837 |
|
|
InterTNS
(Internet Training & Service)
|
1,800
|
2,000
|
- |
- |
3,800 |
|
|
3,700
|
|
- |
- |
3,700 |
|
|
|
3,000
|
|
- |
- |
3,000 |
|
|
|
900
|
|
- |
- |
900 |
|
| Total:
South Korea (including small operators) |
12,476
|
577,287
|
16,854
|
0
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606,620 |
—End
| Notes & References: | ||
| Source: KoreaNIC, April, 2002 | ||
| History: July 2000, March 2001, March 2002 | ||
| Population data from the CIA (July, 2001 est.): 47,904,370 | ||
| Related article: | |||
| [Apr. 2, 2001] | Koreans Lead in Broadband Usage | ||
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