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"We think it's something you cannot live without in modern society. Like banking services or water or electricity, you need Internet connection," Vilkkonen said.
Finland is one of the most wired in the world; about 95 percent of the population have some sort of Internet access, she said. But the law is designed to bring the Web to rural areas, where geographic challenges have limited access until now.
"Universal service is every citizen's subjective right," Vilkkonen said. Should fast Internet access be everyone's legal right?
It is a view shared by the United Nations, which is making a big push to deem Internet access a human right.
In June, France's highest court declared such access a human right. But Finland goes a step further by legally mandating speed.
On the other hand, the United States is the only industrialized nation without a national policy to promotehigh-speed broadband, according to a study released in August by the Communications Workers of America, the country's largest media union.
Forty-six percent of rural households do not subscribe to broadband, and usage varies based on income, the study found.
In February, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is expected to submit a national plan to Congress. The FCC says that expanding service will require subsidies and investment of as much as $350 billion -- much higher than the $7.2 billion President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package has set aside for the task
Finland has become the first country in the world to declare broadband Internet access a legal right.
The move by Finland is aimed at bringing Web access to rural areas, where access has been limited.
Starting in July, telecommunication companies in the northern European nation will be required to provide all 5.2 million citizens with Internet connection that runs at speeds of at least 1 megabit per second.
The one-megabit mandate, however, is simply an intermediary step, said Laura Vilkkonen, the legislative counselor for the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
The country is aiming for speeds that are 100 times faster -- 100 megabit per second -- for all by 2015.
The move by Finland is aimed at bringing Web access to rural areas, where access has been limited.
Starting in July, telecommunication companies in the northern European nation will be required to provide all 5.2 million citizens with Internet connection that runs at speeds of at least 1 megabit per second.
The one-megabit mandate, however, is simply an intermediary step, said Laura Vilkkonen, the legislative counselor for the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
The country is aiming for speeds that are 100 times faster -- 100 megabit per second -- for all by 2015.
"We think it's something you cannot live without in modern society. Like banking services or water or electricity, you need Internet connection," Vilkkonen said.
Finland is one of the most wired in the world; about 95 percent of the population have some sort of Internet access, she said. But the law is designed to bring the Web to rural areas, where geographic challenges have limited access until now.
"Universal service is every citizen's subjective right," Vilkkonen said. Should fast Internet access be everyone's legal right?
It is a view shared by the United Nations, which is making a big push to deem Internet access a human right.
In June, France's highest court declared such access a human right. But Finland goes a step further by legally mandating speed.
On the other hand, the United States is the only industrialized nation without a national policy to promote
Forty-six percent of rural households do not subscribe to broadband, and usage varies based on income, the study found.
In February, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is expected to submit a national plan to Congress. The FCC says that expanding service will require subsidies and investment of as much as $350 billion -- much higher than the $7.2 billion President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package has set aside for the task
Ni kweli kwa Net yaani ipo faster sana, kwakweli tuna enjoy sana. Sasa ngoja mwezi wa 2 nirudi kwetu ndipo nitakapoona kudownload kitabu itakuwa muda gani>......Nimesikia na sisi kwetu kuna faster internet inakuja ni kweli wakuu?
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by the way, if a small country like finland can do it, why not the so called superpowers like canada, usa, 'great' britain, german, russia, japan and china?
beileve or not, there segements of the american population who still don't have access to running water, plumbing and even electricity as in 2009.
and of course, that's not an excuse for african countries like tanzania to delay immediate planing and provision of overdue basic human services for its citizenry.
YAANI KUJENGA TU MTAMBO MWINGINE KWENYE MTO MMOJAWAPO KWA KUOMBA MSAADA WA WACHINA BONGO TUMESHINDWA KAZI KUPIGA MIDOMO HALI NZURI KWA KILA MTANZANIA,KAMA VIONGOZI WANGEJITOLEA KUJENGA MTAMBO TUNGESEMA HALI BORA YA MAISHA KWA KILA MTANZANIA, KWANI INGESAIDIA MAMBO MENGI SIO SASA HIVI TUNADANGANYANA TU, WIZI MTUPU.
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MFANO, MAJI TUWAPE NORWAY, UMEME TUWAPE FINLAND, BARABARA TUWAPE WOTE WATATU WASAIDIANE. SIO UTANI, TUTAFIKA MBALI.
MNAKATAA NINI WAKATI TUMESHINDWA? BAADA YA TAABU KUBWA YA MGAWO WA UMEME MWAKA 2005/6, KUNA ALIYEDHANI TUNAWEZA KURUDIA HALI HIYO MIKAKA MINNE BAADAE?? RULICHOPATA?:RICHMOND!!!
KUANZIA 1996 TULIANZIA NA IPTL, MPAKA LEO TUNATESEKA NA MIGAWO, UMEME HAMNA TUNACHOPATA NI MIGOGORO. INA MAANA GANI? INA MAANA TUMESHINDWA!!
LETS OUTSOURCE. WHAT IS OUTSOURCING? CAN COUNTRIES OUTSOURCE? OR ELSE YOU CAN BUILD, OPERATE AND TRANSFER INSTEAD OF GIVING US MONEY! AND, OOH, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU WILL ALSO HAVE TO DO MAINTANANCE EVEN AFTER TRANSFERING TO US.
Folks, do you know tha South Korea is a leading country in the world for the broadband connection, as well as the leading country in computer science anf IT technology too.
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