Whether you agree with this as a right or not, it's an interesting development in Finland. It also highlights the problem previously raised here about how the US is lagging behind the rest of the world. How can the US be such a world leader in technology yet allow Americans to fall behind like this? It's time to start pushing the industry towards the modern world. They asked for and received exclusive, competition-squashing privileges by Washington.
Time to take it away and move back to a more competitive model that encourages and rewards businesses that provide real benefits. It's silly to think that "socialist" France can offer 100MB internet connections that include calls around the world, internet and TV for less than €50. (The same service with 25MB a connection is around €30 per month.) CNN:
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.
