On the theme of internet access, Korea’s WiMax-like system provides faster, cheaper wireless broadband

Article reads as follows, “The next time you’re on the road and either can’t find a Wi-Fi hot spot or it seems to take forever to download an important file via 3G, imagine you’re in Seoul, South Korea. That’s because Seoul’s wireless WiBro network is nirvana for traveling professionals.

WiBro is a branded version of the same 802.16e-2005 WiMax standard that is coming to the U.S. In Korea, it delivers data three times faster than 3G networks, with typical download speeds as high as 6Mbit/sec.” – article continues at this link – http://broadbandmobile.blogspot.com/2008/04/future-of-mobile-broadband-has-arrived.html