[smartBridges] Factoid

[Bobby Bounds]

Current Events Topic:       "South Korea holds a large lead over the rest of the world in the percentage of people who have high-speed Internet connections, the U.N. communications agency said on September 16, 2003. Between 60 and 70 percent of all households in South Korea have a broadband connection, and cybercafes where students play online games are 'almost on every corner,' said Taylor Reynolds, one of the authors of a report by the International Telecommunication Union. 'Broadband is just an essential part of everyday life. They use it for e-mail, they use it for chat, for music, all sorts of things,' Reynolds said." - Source