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Finland became the first country in the world today to make access to broadband a legal right. Starting today, 5.3 million Finnish citizens are now legally eligible to have a broadband connection with a speed of at least 1Mbps.

The move came considering internet had become an integral part of everyone’s life, which the government also acknowledged. 96 percent of the Finnish population is online and around 4,000 homes are left that needs to comply with the minimum speed.

Finnish government also promised to give citizens at least a 100Mbps internet connection by end of 2015.

[Via ET]