Globetechnology has a story on “The world’s most connected place” by Dave Ebner from Sept. 16, 2004. Canada is the second most connected country in terms of percentage of households with high-speed Internet connections after South Korea. And, massive on-line gaming is one reason Koreans are getting high-speed. (Apparently Korea is also dense and urban, which makes it easier to wire.)
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Almost three of every four South Korean households had a high-speed Internet connection at the end of 2003, according to a June report by Merrill Lynch Canada Inc. That’s double the No. 2 country, Canada, with 37 per cent of households, and more than three times the United States, with 23 per cent.