Finland first country to make broadband a legal right

[feather]

Kudos to the Finnish government, which has just introduced laws guaranteeing broadband access to every person living in Finland (5.5 million people, give or take).

This is reportedly a first worldwide.

Starting July 2010, every person in Finland will have the right to a one-megabit broadband connection as an intermediate step, says the Ministry of Transport and Communications. By the end of 2015, the legal right will be extended to an impressive 100 Mb broadband connection for everyone.

According to Wikipedia, approximately 79 percent of the Finnish population use the Internet. Finland had around 1.52 million broadband Internet connections by the end of June 2007 or around 287 per 1,000 inhabitants.

[Dhar_2]

Re: Finland first country to make broadband a legal right

double

fair play to the fins.

living in a third world country like Italy its still difficult to get internet a few miles out of town.

[simonr]

Re: Finland first country to make broadband a legal right

Fair play to 'em + Homegrove will be happy !

[Shpira]

Re: Finland first country to make broadband a legal right

nice

[Huggie Smiles]

Re: Finland first country to make broadband a legal right

the US government wont even give healthcare to their poor, let alone broadband!

[dusk]

Re: Finland first country to make broadband a legal right

^^^ I know thats not meant to be funny, but it did make me smile cause its true.

Good stuff Finland!

[chunky]

Re: Finland first country to make broadband a legal right

double

fair play to the fins.

living in a third world country like Italy its still difficult to get internet a few miles out of town.

It ain't much better in the UK, I live on a brand new estate 300 meters from a brand new state of the art exchange and its still fucking wank.

[Homegrove]

Re: Finland first country to make broadband a legal right

I have 10 megabit-connection. Thinking about upgrading to 30 M but that would mean getting a new modem and I'd much rather drink the 120 €.

[poults]

Re: Finland first country to make broadband a legal right

Stuck on a 3 mb line where i live, works got a 100 mb line though which suits me fine.

[Dhar_2]

Re: Finland first country to make broadband a legal right

i dont even know what i'm on. just happy to have internet at home!

[poults]

Re: Finland first country to make broadband a legal right

People dont realise how much they rely on the web, mine went off for 2 days at home a while back and it drove me mad.

[Dhar_2]

Re: Finland first country to make broadband a legal right

more porn for everyone!

[feather]

Re: Finland first country to make broadband a legal right

i dont even know what i'm on.

Too much hallucinogenics

[Micko]

Re: Finland first country to make broadband a legal right

I'm stuck on 3mb too - breaks my heart.

Had 7.5 mb before but I never got speeds like it - was more like 3 mb, so I reverted to 3mb

[dusk]

Re: Finland first country to make broadband a legal right

Too much hallucinogenics

This cracked me up