Korea home internet glossary
Read each internet term with the contract item and source scope it describes.
Similar labels can cover different items, so a definition is the start of an itemized inquiry.
- Commitment period
- The agreed service period associated with the contract’s discount conditions.
- Discount return
- A return of discounted benefits under the applicable early-exit or changed-commitment conditions.
- Cancellation settlement
- The itemized amounts settled when a service ends; check which usage, discount, equipment or benefit items are included.
- Renewed commitment
- A newly agreed commitment whose dates and conditions require their own agreement record.
- Automatic extension
- Continuation of a contract under its extension provisions, distinguished from a newly accepted commitment.
- Installation charge
- A charge for installation work, read with its included work and any discount or return conditions.
- Equipment rental
- A charge for using equipment supplied on rental terms; a rental discount does not establish ownership.
- Bundle
- A combination of services with specified discount and continued-use conditions.
- Cash gift
- A promised monetary signup benefit whose payer, payment date and qualifying conditions need a written record.
- Gift-return condition
- The applicable written condition and consumer criteria for reclaiming a supplied benefit after a service change or early exit.
- Full-period cost
- A comparison of recurring and one-off obligations over the selected period, with entered benefits shown separately.
- Quotation
- A dated offer recording the product, charges and conditions to compare with an accepted contract and actual bill.
- Activation
- The service-opening event and record defined by the applicable agreement and notification process.
- Minimum-speed condition
- The product terms specifying the minimum-speed promise and measurement procedure relevant to a quality complaint.
- Reference period
- The period or point a public observation describes, kept separate from publication and retrieval dates.
- Service availability
- Whether the chosen product can be provided at the actual premises, to be confirmed with the provider.
How should a glossary term be matched to a contract?
Find the item, date and calculation basis in the applicable document.
A broad cancellation total and a service-discount return can have different scopes. Ask which items a quoted amount includes before combining it with another value.
Where do these numbers come from?
- Broadband signup checks Official portal guidance read 24 October 2026. Retain the contract and confirm address-specific availability and promised conditions.
- Broadband use guidance The page shows 2020/2019 table references. Historical numeric thresholds are not substituted for the current 2025 dispute standards.
- Product discount-return reference Official service checked 24 October 2026; a reference result does not settle the individual contract.
- Consumer Dispute Resolution Standards 2025-14, annex 2 Effective 18 December 2025. Official annex PDF pages 42–43 inspected. A dispute-resolution reference is not an individual waiver decision.
- Broadband subscribers, indicator 1348 Portal revised 3 April 2026. Annual table 134801,2015–2025; only the subscriber-count row is transcribed in its original thousand-person unit.