In class there was a discussion about the various speeds of Internet throughout the world. The main point that was made discussed the fact that even though the United States had access to Internet before South Korea – South Korea has a far faster and superior Internet network. I can personally attest to that statement as I have lived in South Korea. The South Koreans that I met would often laugh at what us “Americans” thought was fast Internet speeds. In short – we have nothing on “Naver”.

The reason why nations like South Korea have faster Internet speeds over the US is because the US Internet structure was built decades before South Korea built theirs. As such, we move off of a slower system than South Korea. We are starting to rebuild this infrastructure through systems like Verizon Fios. The interesting fact about this is that the Internet is a tangible system with actual hardwire networks and not something invisible.

Consequently, there has been a push for wireless networks known as WiFi to become more assessable. Now, airlines such as American Airlines have provided WiFi services to their customers. This is showing just how effective and necessary Internet has become that even people on planes have the need to access it. However, these advancements do not come without it’s own security concerns. The Internet has become a source for the black-market trade, terrorist networks use the Internet to plan and execute missions and propaganda and finally nations have now established cyber warfare that is a real security concern to national security