Fiber-optic cable has become the biggest single broadband technology in Korea and Japan, which lead the world in the proportion of households connected to the Internet with super-fast links, OECD data showed on Thursday.

The OECD’s latest broadband statistics showed that Korea had 12.2 fiber-optic connections per 100 inhabitants in June, compared with 10.5 connections via cable TV networks and 8.4 connections using DSL technology over copper telephone wires.

The fiber penetration rate jumped from 10.4 percent in the previous OECD survey in December 2007.

“It’s a big shift. There’s a shift in the industry towards fibre and we’re seeing it first in Korea and Japan,” said OECD economist Taylor Reynolds.

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