South Korea is by far the leading country for broadband Internet connections, according to an OECD report that might embarrass some governments into removing hurdles to high-speed Web services.
A survey by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's 30 member states, due to land on government desks in the next two weeks, shows South Korea is well ahead of Canada and the United States for the number of broadband connections per head.
South Korea has 10 connections per 100 people, against four in Canada and three in the US, the report's author, OECD communications analyst Sam Paltridge, told Reuters.
Austria came next, with less than two percent penetration, followed by the Netherlands and Belgium.
