Tech | July 01, 2010 | 2 comments

Finland Makes Broadband A Basic Right

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Finland became the first country in the world to make access to a broadband service a basic right, ensuring that a high-speed Internet connection is available to all Finns.

From July 1, service providers in Finland are thus obligated to provide a one Mbit/s connection to all Finnish households, regardless of their location.

The Finnish government has also launched a project to connect all Finns to the Internet with fast fibre-optic or cable networks by 2015.

"The objective of the project is that nearly all (more than 99 percent of the) permanent places of residence and places of business and public administration are no further than two kilometres from a 100 Mbit/s fibre-optic cable network,"
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