wenlan said:
In terms of the popularity broadband internet service, several countries in Asia are way ahead of North America. South Korea and Japan are among the list. Where did you get that idea of 80% of households (I assume you meant Japan) do not have broadband internet?
@Soriku This is an example of how fast the PS store in Japan. 586 MB in under two minuttes. I didn't mean to do advertisement for CAG, just like to show you the video proof. |
Broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants, by technology, June 2007 in the OECD.[1]
Rank  | Country | DSL | Cable | Other | Total | Total Subscribers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 21.3% | 9.7% | 3.3% | 34.3% | 1,866,306 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 20.4% | 12.7% | 0.4% | 33.5% | 5,470,000 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 20.5% | 9.3% | 0.9% | 30.7% | 2,322,577 |
| 4 | South Korea | 10.1% | 10.6% | 9.2% | 29.9% | 14,441,687 |
| 5 | Norway | 22.7% | 4.5% | 2.5% | 29.8% | 1,388,047 |
| 6 | Iceland | 29.0% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 29.8% | 90,622 |
| 7 | Finland | 24.4% | 3.7% | 0.8% | 28.8% | 1,518,900 |
| 8 | Sweden | 17.9% | 5.6% | 5.0% | 28.6% | 2,596,000 |
| 9 | Canada | 11.9% | 12.9% | 0.1% | 25.0% | 8,142,320 |
| 10 | Belgium | 14.5% | 9.2% | 0.1% | 23.8% | 2,512,884 |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 18.4% | 5.3% | 0.0% | 23.7% | 14,361,816 |
| 12 | Australia | 18.3% | 3.4% | 0.9% | 22.7% | 4,700,200 |
| 13 | France | 21.4% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 22.5% | 14,250,000 |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 19.8% | 2.4% | 0.0% | 22.2% | 105,134 |
| 15 | United States | 9.3% | 11.5% | 1.3% | 22.1% | 66,213,257 |
| 16 | Japan | 10.8% | 2.9% | 7.6% | 21.3% | 27,152,349 |
| 17 | Germany | 20.2% | 1.0% | 0.1% | 21.2% | 17,472,000 |
| 18 | Austria | 11.4% | 6.6% | 0.6% | 18.6% | 1,543,518 |
| 19 | Ireland[2] | 13.2% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 18.4% | 793,600 |
| 20 | Spain | 13.3% | 3.6% | 0.1% | 17.0% | 7,483,790 |
| 21 | New Zealand | 14.6% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 16.5% | 683,500 |
| 22 | Italy | 15.4% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 15.8% | 9,307,000 |
| 23 | Portugal | 9.2% | 5.4% | 0.1% | 14.7% | 1,555,641 |
| 24 | Czech Republic | 5.5% | 2.5% | 4.2% | 12.2% | 1,252,300 |
| 25 | Hungary | 6.8% | 4.7% | 0.1% | 11.6% | 1,170,290 |
| 26 | Poland | 5.5% | 2.4% | 0.1% | 8.0% | 3,040,000 |
| 27 | Greece | 7.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7.1% | 787,000 |
| 28 | Slovakia | 3.9% | 0.8% | 2.1% | 6.8% | 368,454 |
| 29 | Argentina[3] | 3.7% | 1.5% | 0.1% | 5.3% | 2,058,109 |
| 30 | Turkey | 5.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.2% | 3,767,912 |
| 31 | Mexico | 3.5% | 1.0% | 0.1% | 4.6% | 4,804,282 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_Internet_access_worldwide
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