The government of Finland has just announced plans to offer a 100 megabit broadband connection to every home and business in Finland!
This follows on from their declaration last year; that a broadband Internet connection is a human right – and that every home in Finland will have a minimum 1 megabit per second connection.
100 megabit connection by 2015
The plan is for every home or business is to be within 2 kilometres of a super fats, 100 megabits fibre connection. Whilst some homes will need to face the cost of that last 2 kilometres of fibre, it’s an opportunity that’s a pipe dream (sorry for the pun) for most of us.
When you consider that the population of Finland is under 6 million, yet its population is spread over an area that’s roughly the same size as the UK and Ireland combined, this is quite a project.
Well done Finland
I applaud the Fins for aiming at such a lofty goal. I also hope it encourages (or shames) other governments to start investing in the kind of broadband infrastructure that people and businesses need.
Photo: Mauroguanandi
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I wonder how long it will take every reputable ISP to block the IP range of every person in Finland after the hackers all move there and take charge.
:-D
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I hadn’t thought of that.
Of course, it would be a lot cooler if the rest of the world caught up and decided to deliver decent speeds to all of us!
I can dream….
We are not even getting 10Meg as claimed by the major ISPs in the UK, they only tell you later that only houses closer to the telephone exchange or newer infrastructure will get the 10Meg speed, anyhow very well done Finland :)