Finland makes Broadband access a legal right
The Finnish government has become the first in the world to make broadband internet access a legal right for all of the country’s 5.3 million population.
The law means that by July 2010, telecomms companies will be required to provide provide all Finnish residents with broadband access that can run at speeds of at least 1 megabit per second.
Finland is already one of the world’s most connected countries, with 96% of citizens online. The Finnish government passed said the mandate was necessary in order to improve the availability of internet in Finland’s remote rural areas.
The Finnish government committed to provide universal service last year, but this week’s move is the latest part of a plan to upgrade the country’s broadband infrastructure.
In an announcement in September, the Finnish government committed to making 100Mb internet access – one hundred times faster than the connections mandated under the current law – available to all Finnish residents by 2015.
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