South Korea and Japan are world leaders in terms of broadband penetration, costs and bandwidth. What surprises me is why most of the world’s hosts are based out of the United States.
Now, the cost of an internet connection is not just bandwidth costs, it includes hardware, technical expertise, etc. but even considering that, it might still be worth it to invest in Korea/Japan.
I understand costs for consumers and corporations will be different, but country-to-country, they run parallel.
- United States, 67.23% (52,277,677)
- Germany, 5.71% (4,442,041)
- Canada, 3.60% (2,802,411)
- United Kingdom, 3.37% (2,617,679)
- China, 3.22% (2,503,430)
- The rest combined, 16.86% (13,111,810)
This is virtually a U.S. monopoly. Compare this with the following chart showing average download speeds across the world.
Seems to me like one part of the internet is still stuck in the non-global 1990s. Look out for fireworks in this industry if some people are willing to make bold investments.