Finland Guarantees Every Citizen The Right to Broadband with New Law
October 14th, 2009 Posted in World by Eric
The Finnish government has just put in place a new law which guarantees every Finnish citizen (all 5.5 million of them) the right to high-speed internet access beginning on July 2010, according to the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The connection will be limited to one megabit at this point in time but the Finnish government plans to increase speeds to 100 megabits by the end of 2015 for all citizens.
This is feasible considering the taxation rate in that neck of the woods is extremely high. But my question is, when will good old Uncle Sam jump on the bandwagon for broadband access all over the US?
[ via TechCrunch ]
