Finland says that 1Mb broadband is a right, not a privilege

Whereas all of those old episodes of Dexter available on the torrent trackers are not going to download themselves. Whereas no man or woman in a civilized society should be denied access to Garfield Minus Garfield. Whereas Finland has a population 61 times smaller than that of the United States. Whereas no household deserves to be "farther than 2 kilometers from a connection capable of delivering broadband Internet with a capacity of at least 100 megabits of data a second" (unless, of course, you're "in far-flung corners of the country," in which case you're out of luck). Whereas this is the same nation that brought the world Nokia and public restrooms that can only be accessed via SMS. Now, Therefore YLE reports that FINLAND has made 1-megabit broadband Web access a LEGAL RIGHT starting in JULY 2010, with the ultimate goal of making 100Mb available to all in 2015. Now APOCALYPTICA has no excuse for never updating its MySpace page. [Via CNET] Read - Finnish government promises fast broadband by 2015Read - 1Mb Broadband Access Becomes Legal Right Filed under: NetworkingFinland says that 1Mb broadband is a right, not a privilege originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments

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