News Finland to make broadband a legal right

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2009/10/15/finland-to-make-broadband-a-legal-right/1

The Finnish government has announced plans to make 1Mb/s Internet connectivity a legal right of all citizens - and to extend that to 100Mb/s for all by 2015.

 

I just saw this on another forum.

I want to live in Finland

 

(US) - You know, this might be more useful than the Third Amendment to the Bill of Rights.

"No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law."

 

I'd be surprised if there's still an open internet worth talking about in 2015.

 

Switzerland too

 

Just move here


Another reason why i love this country.
24mb/s connections are pretty much the standard nowadays but thats only if you live in the bigger cities. Dunno how the wanne accomplish that out in the woods (90% of Finland).

 

yeah but this speed still isnt that impresive when you look at japan
most of the country is on fireoptic
and i think speeds of 100mb/s

 

Is it easy to move there? I'm talking legally and all

 

Stupid idea. It's not a right, it's a privilege. It's not like the right to a fair trial or anything like that.

 

That's where I'll be moving to as soon as I can. Tho legally, its extremely difficult.

 

Never happen in the UK, legal right to the net?? what about all the p2p downloaders?? would be good for them, knowing they would never be kicked off.

 

I hope this doesnt happen in the uk, the ones that dont want to work get enough handed to them.

 

Yeah, and in Finland we need the broadbands desperately as polar bears are patrolling our streets 24/7 and it's never above freezing here. HELP!

 

You still have to pay in full for the connection, its just saying everyone should have it available.

Obama has called for a chunk of the stimulus money to be spent on moving broadband to rural areas where there aren't enough customers for the cable companies to do it by their own choice. It would be similar to the rural electrification administration where the governess made electrical connections available to rural areas. Its a great idea in my book, as the internet is becoming more and more important each day.

 

I dream of 1Mb/s broadband. Damn this backward island.

 

woot! go canada go! I love my 3mb/s!!! **** you telus!

 

Nowaydays I don't even think about my net speed. A few years back it was somewhere around 10Mbps.

In Finnish media, Finland is generally considered to be behind other EU-countries in IT matters.

 

Although you do spend about 3.5% GDP on Research and Development which is already higher than the EU's planned 3% that they want member States to achieve.

Moro.

 

Basic Human Rights : Food, clothing, shelter, education, vocation, medical care, vacation time, internet access.

There are also the civilizational human rights that pertain to right to a trial, legal representation, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, equality for all under the law, right to assembly and redress of grievances.

Yours in Rights Plasma,
Star*Dagger

 

See i think less about covering everyone and more about actually making it my internet. My provider gives me a 15mb/s connection but they throttle it if i sue to much. Like if i host an online game my connection speeds drops as am using to much for an extended period of time. More control over the companies that provide internet is better in my book then giving people that live in the boonies (for a reason) high speed internet.