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January 22, 1999 (SEOUL) -- Korea Telecom said it will offer a new integrated
services digital network service that will allow users to access the
Internet with the click of a mouse button.
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Current ISDN users have to type in access numbers each time they log
on.
The state-run telecommunications firm said its ISDN subscribers will
stay linked to the Internet at a low speed of 9.6kbps.
Under this new system, emails can be sent on a voice channel (9.6kbps)
and larger-sized data can be transferred on a signal channel (64k-128kbps).
Channel conversion works automatically, depending on the size of data,
the company said.
Korea Telecom will sell new ISDN terminals for 100,000 won (US$85) to
subscribers, while upgrading its ISDN switching systems for the service
by the end of June 1999.
A pilot service will begin in 44 regions across the nation in the second
half of 1999.
User fees will be set at a fixed 30,000 won or 40,000 won a month when
using a signal channel, and 50 won for 3 minutes when using a voice
channel, the company said.
(Maeil Business Newspaper, Korea)
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