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This document is a case study on the inter-regional connectivity of Eastern Asia. The figure - Eastern Asia - depicts the countries considered to be part of East Asia. These are China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia and Taiwan.
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This is primarily because of the high levels of Internet penetration compounded by the population. Also, the fact that these countries are densely populated, makes it easier for the telecommunication providers to extend services to large number of customers. Additionally the government policies promoting the establishment of a sound IT infrastructure has a positive impact. For example, by 2004 South Korea had spent approximately US$ 24 billion in setting up a national backbone linking government offices and public institutions. Also these same policies have encouraged competition among service providers resulting in decrease in the costs and increase in data rates. The summary is provided in Table 2 1 - Cost of Internet access.
On average East Asia has an Internet Penetration level of 46.74%. South Korea features the highest Internet penetration level of 71.2% with Japan and Taiwan following closely at 68.7% and 67.4%. A summary of the statistics is listed in the table below. These statistics were gathered from Internet World Statistics.
Table - 1 - East Asia Internet Usage
Asia | Population | Internet Users | Internet Users | Penetration | % users in | User growth |
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China | 1,321,851,888 | 22,500,000 | 210,000,000 | 15.9 % | 41.1 % | 833.3 % |
Japan | 127,433,494 | 47,080,000 | 87,540,000 | 68.7 % | 19.0 % | 85.9 % |
South Korea | 49,044,790 | 19,040,000 | 34,910,000 | 71.2 % | 6.8 % | 83.4 % |
Taiwan | 22,858,872 | 6,260,000 | 15,400,000 | 67.4 % | 3.0 % | 146.0 % |
North Korea | 23,301,725 | - | - | - | - | 0 % |
Mongolia | 2,951,786 | 30,000 | 310,000 | 10.5 % | 0.1 % | 933.3 % |
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Table - 2 Cost of Internet access (source: wikipedia)
Table - 1 Cost of Internet access (source: wikipedia)
| Cost | Data Rate | Type | Estimate |
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China | US$ 10 - 20 | 1 Mbps | DSL | 2007 |
Japan | US$ 90 | 1 Gbps | FTTH | 2005 |
S. Korea | US$ 30 | 100 Mbps | ADSL | 2004 |
On average East Asia has an Internet Penetration level of 46.74%. South Korea features the highest Internet penetration level of 71.2% with Japan and Taiwan following closely at 68.7% and 67.4%. The statistics are listed in the table below (table 2). The same is summarized in the figure - Summary of Internet Penetration. These statistics were gathered from Internet World Statistics.
Table - 2 - East Asia Internet Usage
Asia | Population | Internet Users | Internet Users | Penetration | % users in | User growth |
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China | 1,321,851,888 | 22,500,000 | 210,000,000 | 15.9 % | 41.1 % | 833.3 % |
Japan | 127,433,494 | 47,080,000 | 87,540,000 | 68.7 % | 19.0 % | 85.9 % |
South Korea | 49,044,790 | 19,040,000 | 34,910,000 | 71.2 % | 6.8 % | 83.4 % |
Taiwan | 22,858,872 | 6,260,000 | 15,400,000 | 67.4 % | 3.0 % | 146.0 % |
North Korea | 23,301,725 | - | - | - | - | 0 % |
Mongolia | 2,951,786 | 30,000 | 310,000 | 10.5 % | 0.1 % | 933.3 % |
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China | US$ 10 - 20 | 1 Mbps | DSL | 2007 | |||||
US$ 90 | 1 Gbps | FTTH | 2005 | S. Korea | US$ 30 | 100 Mbps | ADSL | 2004 Summary of |
International Bandwidth for East Asia
The international bandwidths for China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia and Taiwan are shown in the figure below - International bandwidth - below. The statistics have been collected from Mike Jenson 10/18/07 - International bandwidth by country, Internet World Stats and ITU. They clearly show two groups of countries; those which have reasonable available resources (such as Japan ~100 Gbps aggregate, South Korea ~ 50 Gbps, Taiwan and China ~100 Gbps aggregate) and those which are lagging far behind (such as Mongolia). . North Korea on the other hand is not known to have public internet access in general. Also, information about Internet connectivity is unavailable, however, N. Korea is known to have an internet cafe maintained via a satellite connection.
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International Bandwidth | Central project of the | International bandwidth | International bandwidth |
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