Saturday, September 13, 2003
Broadband in Asia
One of the trends in technology that has continued to boggle me has been the stupendous growth of broadband in East Asia, especially in South Korea and Japan. It is then intriguing there has been no real study, that I know of, that attempts to explain the phenomenon. I came across this paper by Isumu Aizu that compares the growth of broadband across Asia. Not only does he analyse why Korea has been successful, but also why Singapore lags, for example. However, I think he fails to sufficiently address what I believe to be the main reason -- expensive legacy systems that made the transition to broadband far easier in these countries.
