[monkfish328]

Wow I've always heard that South Korean internet is supposed to be one of the fastest in the world? How did that go wrong?

[h4kor]

Policy failure. South Korea enforced a "Sender Pays" rule for networks, eliminating peering between ISPs. This resulted in companies moving there server to neighboring countries to avoid paying for traffic, which was free before.

More details: https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/internet-fragmenta...