[TLUG] Applause For Finland: First Country To Make Broadband Access A Legal Right

[Robert Brockway]

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009, Marcelo Cavalcante wrote:

> Well, I don't care too much about this specific issue.
> They pay taxes, right? So.. for sure, it wouldn't be sooooo expansive for
> the government to make it works.
> In fact, many other countries in Europe or even here, in Brazil, we can see
> many people discuting about this kind of initiative.

I don't think it has made headlines overseas but 90% of Aussies will have 
100Mb/s to their door within 8 years.  Work started a few months ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Broadband_Network_(Australia)

Rob (who is currently in Australia)

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