Victor Keegan wrote in the Technology section of The Guardian on 4 October about the role of Broadband for Britain's future, in an article entilted "Gordon its time you looked at broadband." A very nice piece we could easily endorse, and suddenly in the last two paragraphs, Victor starts talking about South Korea as the example - and quotes from my brand new book (with Jim O'Reilly), Digital Korea. Here is a sampler:
But if you are worried about Britain losing out, look at South Korea. Here are some statistics from Digital Korea, a new book by Tomi Ahonen and Jim O'Reilly (digitalkorea.futuretext.com): 43% of its population has a personal profile in the virtual world Cyworld, which recorded $10m (£5m) worth of trade per month last year. The most popular online game there, Lineage, has 14 million users worldwide, twice as many as World of Warcraft. The second most desired car is not a Ferrari but a "Solid Pro", a virtual car from the online game Kart Rider. Is this is a cultural anomaly happening "over there" with no implications for us? No. It is a technological phenomenon driven by proactive governments which realise that speedy adoption of broadband generates economic growth.
Thank you, Vic, you are so kind to quote from our book! Vic then ends his column with these thoughts (that I totally endorse:) "In this game, who dares wins. Memo to Gordon Brown: Learn to spell broadband."
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