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Finland makes broadband a 'legal right'

Page last updated at 07:01 GMT, Thursday, 1 July 2010 08:01 UK

E-mail this to a friend Printable version Finland argues that net access is a fundamental right Finland has become the first country in the world to make broadband a legal right for every citizen.

 

From 1 July every Finn will have the right to access to a 1Mbps (megabit per second) broadband connection.

 

Finland has vowed to connect everyone to a 100Mbps connection by 2015.

 

In the UK the government has promised a minimum connection of at least 2Mbps to all homes by 2012 but has stopped short of enshrining this as a right in law.

 

The Finnish deal means that from 1 July all telecommunications companies will be obliged to provide all residents with broadband lines that can run at a minimum 1Mbps speed.

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