[1st-mile-nm] [WISPA] Broadband Internet Access Deemed a Legal Right

[Marianne Granoff]

Thought this was interesting.

>  From SANS Newsbites Vol. 11 Num. 82 : Broadband Internet Access Deemed
>a Legal Right
>
>--Finland Declares 1Mb Broadband Access a Legal Right
>(October 14 & 15, 2009)
>The Finnish government has enacted a law making 1Mb broadband Internet
>access a legal right.  The law will take effect in July 2010.  The
>country may eventually guarantee its citizens the right to 100Mb
>broadband connections.  Finland's Transport and Communications Ministry
>spokesperson Laura Vikkonen was quoted as saying that "We think [the
>Internet is] something you cannot live without in modern society.  Like
>banking services or water or electricity, you need an Internet
>connection."  Earlier this year, France declared Internet access to be
>a human right.
>http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10374831-2.html
>http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/10/15/finland-makes-broadband-internet-a-legal-right.aspx