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Finland makes broadband internet a legal right!
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liverpool79
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Finland has become the first country in the world to make access to broadband services a legal right for its 53 lakh citizens. Under the new law, which came into effect today, telecommunications companies will be obliged to provide all citizens with broadband lines that can run at a minimum of 1Mbps (megabit per second).
The government has also promised to connect everyone to a 100 Mbps connection by 2015, the BBC reported. Suvi Linden, the country's communications minister, said Internet was part of everyday life for Finnish people and it was the government's priority to provide high speed Internet access to all.
"Internet services are no longer just for entertainment," she told the BBC. "Finland has worked hard to develop an information society and a couple of years ago we realised not everyone had access." It is believed up to 96 per cent of the Finnish population are already online and that only about 4,000 homes still need connecting to comply with the law.
However, the plan means it will be difficult for the authorities to cut off people suspected of illegal file-sharing.
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The government has also promised to connect everyone to a 100 Mbps connection by 2015, the BBC reported. Suvi Linden, the country's communications minister, said Internet was part of everyday life for Finnish people and it was the government's priority to provide high speed Internet access to all.
"Internet services are no longer just for entertainment," she told the BBC. "Finland has worked hard to develop an information society and a couple of years ago we realised not everyone had access." It is believed up to 96 per cent of the Finnish population are already online and that only about 4,000 homes still need connecting to comply with the law.
However, the plan means it will be difficult for the authorities to cut off people suspected of illegal file-sharing.
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brickhouse
:redface: when will we have a government like this
never with the population we have,our government would go bankrupt
never with the population we have,our government would go bankrupt
mgcarley
Founder, Hayai Broadband
This news is several months old. All it is saying is that every household within the Finnish borders should be within reach of connection of at least 1Mbit/s, similar to having things like electricity and running water. All houses in "urban" areas pretty much already have up to 100mbit/s available, or *at least* ADSL2+, so this only really affects people's summer cottages (known in Finnish as a mökki) which are in the middle of nowhere and are only used for the 2-3 months a year that it's not bloody cold!In most cases, even in the middle of the forest in central Finland you can still get a solid 3G signal - my ex-girlfriends sister's husband and I used to stream TV via our cellphones to watch F1. In fact, the only place I was ever unable to get a 3G signal in Finland was a farmhouse quite far in the north (but just short of Lapland).This being beside the point, because Finns don't really consider 3G as Broadband, but also the person who lived in that farmhouse or similarly with my ex-girlfriend's summer cottage had fiber running past the gate (DSL of course, not being an option because of distances) so in reality, the only places that are really going without even as of 2 years ago are way up in the north-east on the border with Russia.This news was in the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper maybe once, and given that Sonera is releasing 1Gbit/s unlimited for the equivalent of about Rs6000 in Spring, probably only about 12 people in that country even saw the 1Mbit/s thing as big news. If it makes you feel any better, New Zealand's government is aiming for 100mbit/s FTTH to 75% of NZ homes (about 750,000 houses)................................................. by 2020. They haven't even allocated much money to it (NZD$1.5B - less than half what is needed) and they haven't even announced winning bidders even though they want the first customer on this new network connected by year-end 2010. Ouch.In 10 years, I hate to think what Scandinavia or even India will have. As of yesterday, Hayai now will operate both in India and in NZ with similar tariff schemes and we'll be linking the two hopefully courtesy of Singtel.
mgcarley
Founder, Hayai Broadband
never with the population we have,our government would go bankrupt
Not only is this extremely old news, but as I was a Finnish taxpayer for 3 years, I can assure you, if you had a government like the Finnish one, the black market would disappear, money laundering would disappear, beggars and poverty would largely disappear... and you'd pay about 60% of your income to tax. But you'd also get free education right through till you finished university as well as dental and health care.
I think the way this decision is being conveyed to you guys is slightly incorrect, since all it means is that it becomes more like a utility a-la running water and electricity than an additional value-added-service.
I posted a lot more in this thread.
Not only is this extremely old news, but as I was a Finnish taxpayer for 3 years, I can assure you, if you had a government like the Finnish one, the black market would disappear, money laundering would disappear, beggars and poverty would largely disappear... and you'd pay about 60% of your income to tax. But you'd also get free education right through till you finished university as well as dental and health care.
I think the way this decision is being conveyed to you guys is slightly incorrect, since all it means is that it becomes more like a utility a-la running water and electricity than an additional value-added-service.
I posted a lot more in this thread.
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brickhouse
Not only is this extremely old news, but as I was a Finnish taxpayer for 3 years, I can assure you, if you had a government like the Finnish one, the black market would disappear, money laundering would disappear, beggars and poverty would largely disappear... and you'd pay about 60% of your income to tax. But you'd also get free education right through till you finished university as well as dental and health care.
I think the way this decision is being conveyed to you guys is slightly incorrect, since all it means is that it becomes more like a utility a-la running water and electricity than an additional value-added-service.
I posted a lot more in this thread.
yes but india doesn't have the infrastucture
even if india cost its citizen alot more than now
the population is too big to serve and the current standards are too low
I think the way this decision is being conveyed to you guys is slightly incorrect, since all it means is that it becomes more like a utility a-la running water and electricity than an additional value-added-service.
I posted a lot more in this thread.
yes but india doesn't have the infrastucture
even if india cost its citizen alot more than now
the population is too big to serve and the current standards are too low
mgcarley
Founder, Hayai Broadband
yes but india doesn't have the infrastucture
even if india cost its citizen alot more than now
the population is too big to serve and the current standards are too low
How do you think infrastructure gets built? If you're paying 60% tax, I'd expect not only roads but a few open fiber networks to be constructed too.
Backhaul bandwidth in India is fine, the largest hurdle technically speaking is last mile.
even if india cost its citizen alot more than now
the population is too big to serve and the current standards are too low
How do you think infrastructure gets built? If you're paying 60% tax, I'd expect not only roads but a few open fiber networks to be constructed too.
Backhaul bandwidth in India is fine, the largest hurdle technically speaking is last mile.
/offtopic
Hayai now will operate both in India and in NZ with similar tariff schemes and we'll be linking the two hopefully courtesy of Singtel.
So, you're planning to open your shop in NZ as well? Cool!
Hayai now will operate both in India and in NZ with similar tariff schemes and we'll be linking the two hopefully courtesy of Singtel.
So, you're planning to open your shop in NZ as well? Cool!