HT-NewsFinland First to Make Broadband a Legal Right.
Finland has become the first country to make broadband a legal right.
That"s right, you heard me. YLE reports that starting next July, every person in Finland will have the right to a one-megabit broadband connection. What"s that? Do I hear some scoffing at the idea of a one-megabit connection? Well how about this, YLE goes on to say that the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications are guaranteeing that by 2015, this will be upped to a 100-megabit connection.
With a population of 5.5 million, Finland is the first but definitely won"t be the last. Other European countries are expected to follow suit soon, including the United Kingdom.
Imagine being legally entitled to 100-megabit internet ò€¦ Man, now would that be awesome or what? Now stop imagining, this is America, not Finland.