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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2017.15.2.11

High-speed internet service as Universal service  

Jung, Nak-won (School of Media and Communication at Seoul Women's University)
Kim, Sung-Wook (School of Media and Communication at Seoul Women's University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.15, no.2, 2017 , pp. 11-25 More about this Journal
Abstract
The primary purpose of this study is to present the fact that high-speed internet service should be designated as universal service because it becomes an indispensible and crucial service in the modern information society but free market system fails to implement universal service of high-speed internet service. To do so, it theoretically analyses previous works related to the issue of high-speed internet service and universal service in a critical point of view and investigates the current situation that high-speed internet service is not designated as universal service. In conclusion, this paper suggests that high-speed internet service should be included in the scope of universal service, in terms of infrastructure and minimum transmission speed, for the development of democracy and the information society.
Keywords
High-speed internet service; Universal service; Information society; Networks; Transmission speed;
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