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South Korea is already five years ahead of the U.S. in terms of information technology, but its government intends to continue its lead as “the world’s bandwidth capital” by investing in hundreds of projects meant to increases wireless efficiency and distribution of bandwidth. One of their biggest projects is switching the population from cable DSL to WiBro. WiBro is a WiMax technology developed by South Korea that uses broadband signals and boosts bandwidth from about 5Mbps (already the fastest in the world) to 10 Mbps. WiBro would provide consumers with wireless broadband that is as efficient, secure, and reliable as copper wires and fiber optics. The government intends to provide internet using WiBro in public areas such as subways. Many businesses have already switched to WiBro and provide free internet access for customers during business hours.