Finland: Broadband Access Made Legal Right In Landmark Law

Finland has just passed a law making access to broadband a legal right for Finnish citizens. When the law goes into effect in July 2010, every person in Finland, which has a population of around 5.3 million, will have the guaranteed right to a one-megabit broadband connection, says the Ministry of Transport and Communications (via Finland's YLE). Finland is reportedly the first country in the world to enact a law that makes broadband access a right.