Finland makes 1Mb broadband access a legal right - SimHQ Forums

Forums » SimHQ Community » Community Hall » Finland makes 1Mb broadband access a legal right

You are not logged in. [Log In]
Forums
Search

SimHQ Homepage Forums Main Page Articles Library News Archive Forums Archive Mark All Forums Read Who's Online Community Links
Register User Active Topics

Calendar Downloads FAQ Library Multiplayer News Release Dates SimHQ TV

Page 1 of 2

1

Topic Options

Rate This Topic

Hop to:

#2880178 - 10/15/09 06:24 AM Finland makes 1Mb broadband access a legal right
Desert Eagle SimHQ Senior Member Registered: 01/06/01 Posts: 6190 Loc: Portugal	http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10374831-2.html Quote: Finland's Ministry of Transport and Communications has made 1-megabit broadband Web access a legal right, YLE, the country's national broadcasting company, reported on Wednesday. According to the report, every person in Finland (a little over 5 million people, according to a 2009 estimate) will have the right of access to a 1Mb broadband connection starting in July. And they may ultimately gain the right to a 100Mb broadband connection. Just more than a year ago, Finland said it would make a 100Mb broadband connection a legal right by the end of 2015. Wednesday's announcement is considered an intermediate step. France, one of a few countries that has made Internet access a human right, did so earlier this year. France's Constitutional Council ruled that Internet access is a basic human right. That said, it stopped short of making "broadband access" a legal right. Finland says that it's the first country to make broadband access a legal right. I don't know about being law but here, right now, there are at least 3 ISPs with 100Mbs services and in some cases going up to 200Mbs already. I've also heard one ISP promising to provide 10Gbs within the next 3 to 5 years, so I guess by 2015 100Mbs is probably going to be the norm for pretty much everyone, law or no law. _________________________ ©2009-oo All Your rights belong to Me By reading this You acknowledge that Your body and soul, including all your worldly possessions, are now property of this poster. Any unauthorized use of them will be punished.
Top

#2880181 - 10/15/09 06:33 AM Re: Finland makes 1Mb broadband access a legal right [Re: Desert Eagle]
Master meh SimHQ Member Registered: 07/12/04 Posts: 4111 Loc: NW Alabama, USA	life, liberty and the pursuit of pornography. _________________________ *sigh*
Top

#2880187 - 10/15/09 06:45 AM Re: Finland makes 1Mb broadband access a legal right [Re: Master]
Dart Just upgraded from intern SimHQ Veteran Registered: 09/02/01 Posts: 13039 Loc: Alabaster, AL USA	And bittorrent sharing of the latest Britney Spears album! _________________________ The opinions of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events. More dumb stuff at http://www.darts-page.com From Laser: "The forum is the place where combat (real time) flight simulator fans come to play turn based strategy combat."
Top

#2880524 - 10/15/09 03:37 PM Re: Finland makes 1Mb broadband access a legal right [Re: Dart]
wheelsup_cavu SimHQ Member Registered: 12/03/08 Posts: 3131 Loc: Corona, California	Originally Posted By: Dart And bittorrent sharing of the latest Britney Spears album! Wheels _________________________ Cheers Wheelsup_cavu Mission4Today Find RoF Skins & Templates @ Airwarfare Planes of Fame Air Museum \| March Field Air Museum \| Palm Springs Air Museum
Top

#2880553 - 10/15/09 04:05 PM Re: Finland makes 1Mb broadband access a legal right [Re: wheelsup_cavu]
Blade_RJ SimHQ Member Registered: 05/02/05 Posts: 4828 Loc: brasil	Wish they'd do it here, and make sure that its full acess to 1mb broadband, instead of the up and to 1mb as the contract of those bastards says. so everyone here may pay for 1,2,4,8 mb, but they have not legal obligation to meet the speed sold, but up and to it. Edited by Blade_RJ (10/15/09 04:05 PM) _________________________ Wikipedia that, beech.
Top

#2880584 - 10/15/09 04:41 PM Re: Finland makes 1Mb broadband access a legal right [Re: Blade_RJ]
Dart Just upgraded from intern SimHQ Veteran Registered: 09/02/01 Posts: 13039 Loc: Alabaster, AL USA	Some of us are more human right than others. _________________________ The opinions of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events. More dumb stuff at http://www.darts-page.com From Laser: "The forum is the place where combat (real time) flight simulator fans come to play turn based strategy combat."
Top

#2880595 - 10/15/09 04:49 PM Re: Finland makes 1Mb broadband access a legal right [Re: Dart]
Crane Hunter SimHQ Member Registered: 06/13/02 Posts: 2529 Loc: Vancouver B.C.	Pssh! I must live in the internet version of Taliban Afghanistan.
Top

#2880601 - 10/15/09 04:57 PM Re: Finland makes 1Mb broadband access a legal right [Re: Crane Hunter]
wheelsup_cavu SimHQ Member Registered: 12/03/08 Posts: 3131 Loc: Corona, California	Originally Posted By: Crane Hunter Pssh! I must live in the internet version of Taliban Afghanistan. This is what I am getting in LA. Wheels _________________________ Cheers Wheelsup_cavu Mission4Today Find RoF Skins & Templates @ Airwarfare Planes of Fame Air Museum \| March Field Air Museum \| Palm Springs Air Museum
Top

#2880607 - 10/15/09 05:03 PM Re: Finland makes 1Mb broadband access a legal right [Re: wheelsup_cavu]
Dart Just upgraded from intern SimHQ Veteran Registered: 09/02/01 Posts: 13039 Loc: Alabaster, AL USA	Crane, being in Canada means those measurements are Metric, not Imperial. Convert it and you'll find it's really much better than it looks. [edit] Our house is in the apparently very small UVerse footprint. Our next door neighbor (who's house is thirty feet away from ours) can't get it, so he's stuck with 4 MB (max) connection options. Edited by Dart (10/15/09 05:05 PM) _________________________ The opinions of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events. More dumb stuff at http://www.darts-page.com From Laser: "The forum is the place where combat (real time) flight simulator fans come to play turn based strategy combat."
Top

#2880613 - 10/15/09 05:17 PM Re: Finland makes 1Mb broadband access a legal right [Re: Dart]
Crane Hunter SimHQ Member Registered: 06/13/02 Posts: 2529 Loc: Vancouver B.C.	I had a MUCH faster connection 10 stinkin' years ago, my area was one of the first in North America to get high speed but unfortunately the local providers haven't upgraded the system much since then and have little reason to, being pseudo monopolies.
Top

Page 1 of 2

1

View All Topics

Forum Use Agreement | Privacy Statement | SimHQ Staff

Copyright 1997-2010, SimHQ Inc. All Rights Reserved.