Finland has passed legislation that makes 1Mb (Megabit per second) internet access a legal right starting in July 2010, and Finnish rights will grow to 100Mb in 2015. Huh, and all this time I was thinking that rights never changed!
CNET recalls a similar happening in France:
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.
It seems the "information superhighway" is the new transcontinental railroad for the government to pour money into, lest us dumb civilians suffer the terrible consequences of our own priorities.
This is so completely ridiculous. It doesn't even sound rational -- internet can't be a basic human right; it hasn't been around for most of man's existence.
Fortunately, the government will provide this right because the free-market has failed so miserably at providing me a high speed internet connection.
My senior communication law research paper was in the area of this subject. The world has problems Jeff, that's why God sent his son to die for internet rights for all people, to ensure cyberspace be available and free to everyone anywhere at all times. Did you skip over the gospel of Thomas in Sunday school?
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