Finland makes broadband access a legal right

Finland is the first country in the world to make access to Internet broadband connections a legal right for every one of its citizens.

Under Finland's new law, telecommunications companies will be obliged to provide all citizens with broadband lines that can run at a minimum of 1 megabit per second (Mbps) broadband connection.

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

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