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
;)
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….