The Chung-Ang Herald (CAH) met Kim Yang-Eun, the head of the cyber culture laboratory, and asked her about the internet volume-rate.

CAH : What is a cyber culture laboratory?
Kim : In the middle of the 1990s, the internet was introduced in Korea. So, the cyber culture laboratory started from the association of people for research the about the internet. We studied about internet and thought over the method that our study can be practiced.  Finally, we established a corporation. Now, we are performing an education program and projecting the spread of internet culture in Korean  society.

CAH : What do you think about the internet volume-rate?
Kim : Users used the internet freely from the flat sum system. As a result, the industry which is based on the internet became active. However, if we change the charge system from the internet flat sum system to the internet volume-rate, our internet industry will suffer from the damage. And confusion will happen on the side of users. Finally, it will shake the services based an multimedia.

CAH : How can we overcome the problem that occurred because of the use of the internet flat sum system?
Kim : The Internet is a space where the control from others is nearly impossible. As a result, it is easy for individual information to run out and for children to access a harmful site. Finally, the problems of internet addiction and currency confusion can not be solved with the internet charge system. Internet addiction must be solved through education of  habits of healthy internet use. And Currency confusion problems can be solved by controling the internet line which is opened for 24 hours.

CAH :How must we solve this problem of the introduction of the internet volume-rate system?
Kim : After all, favor or opposition of internet volume-rate is a problem and a burden for users. Until now, the actual people that pay a charge did not  decide the policy plan and charge. Always, a managerial officer and an enterprising man decided all the plans. However, society is opened and actual users now participate in the policy. In this market, it is necessary that to find mutual agreement between users, enterprising men, and managerial officers. If we pass this process, it will draw the affirmative mind and culture of internet use.