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Finland First Country to Make Broadband Access a Legal Right

  • Jul 01, 2010 8:56 PM PDT
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CNN reports: Finland has become the first country in the world to make broadband internet access a legal right for all citizens. The legislation, which came into effect Thursday, forces telecom operators to provide a reasonably priced broadband connection with a downstream rate of at least one megabit per second (mbs) to every permanent residence and office, the Finnish government said in a statement…

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