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Broadband Internet is Now a Legal Right in Finland

By jlutz99

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Finland has become the first country to declare Internet access a legal right.  Here's an excerpt from Mashable:

The EU Parliament has on several occasions stated that access to the Internet is one of basic human rights. Now, Finland has become the first country to actually declare fast (broadband) Internet access a legal right.

In practice, this means that telecom companies in Finland will be required to provide all Finnish citizens ? all 5.3 million of them ? with broaband Internet connection of at least 1 Mbps, starting in July.

Read more here.  

Posted by Jon Lutz

Full post as published by FSU College of Law Library Blog on October 15, 2009 (boomark / email).

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