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Broadband access is a legal right in Finland

  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 [...]

1Gbps internet speed coming to Japan

  While a basic consumer in India is still struggling to get over 2Mbps, Japanese residents will soon be able to upload and download at a speed of up to 1Gbps. This is totally insane and the insanity will be provided by a Japanese company, KDDI Corp. The major beneficiaries of this service will be [...]

USA will be 100 years after what Japan is today in internet speed race

USA will be 100 years after what Japan is today in internet speed race

  You read it right fellas. Guys from the stateside enjoy good internet speeds but it’s nothing when you compare it with the highest developed South Asian country, Japan. The result came after the participation of more than 230,000 residents in a survey carried out by Communications Workers of America for their Speed Matters campaign. [...]