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Spain Codifies the "Right To Broadband"

Posted by kdawson on from the don't-cut-me-off-bro dept.

Reader adeelarshad82 writes to lets us know that Spain has now codified a "Right to Broadband," thus following the lead of Finland. Spain's industry minister announced that citizens will have a legal right from 2011 to be able to buy broadband Internet access of at least 1 Mb/sec at a regulated price wherever they live. The telecoms operator holding the so-called "universal service" contract would have to guarantee it could offer "reasonably" priced broadband throughout Spain.

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  1. Beach front by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Once someone codifies a "right to beach front property" I'm going to be moving there!

    1. Re:Beach front by martin-boundary · · Score: 2, Funny

      In Soviet greenhouse planet, beach front property comes to you!