The new Act requires that ISPs provide a high quality connection at a reasonable price.
Thus, the new legislation includes access to broadband in the list of basic communication services must reach all corners of the country, with others such as telephone or postal mail. “From now on, broadband connection at a reasonable price is a fundamental right in Finland. This is undoubtedly one of the greatest achievements of the Government in terms of regional policy, and I’m proud of it, ” said in a statement the Finnish Minister of Transport and Communications, Suvi Lindén.
“I hope people take this opportunity and contact with telecom operators in the area in which they live,” she added.
The Finnish Government’s objective is to increase the minimum speed Internet connection via fiber optic cables up to one hundred megabytes per second (Mbps) by the end of 2015.
At the same time, aiming at the same time increase the percentage of Finns have access to the network, from 95 percent today to over 99 percent.
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This is an advance in the technology, I hope that all countries also do this and increase internet speeds. The process in which this can be done is interconnecting the continents with more optic fiber cables, but it’s an expensive procedure that can take years.
Deroba
