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The Podium

Thursday, November 19

The Legal Right to Broadband

By Brad

Back in October, Finland became the first nation to declare broadband a legal right for every citizen.

Now Spain is joining in, with the the country’s industry minister declaring that starting in 2011 every citizen has a legal right to service of at least one megabyte per second.

Tags: finland, rights, spain

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