Broadband is your legal right, if you live in Finland

[Gotmadskillzson]

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/01/f...oadband-access

Wow...........I wish they would do that to the USA. And Finland trying to have everybody there at 100mbps connect by 2015. They are visionaries, they truly are.

[Unlucky 13]

So in theory, people in the most remote, mountainous regions of Finland should have broadband in a few years, while I likely still wont, living in Virginia. Yeah, that makes me feel great.

[matt8204]

Great news for a society. To allow people to have so much information right at their fingertips through high-speed internet access is an amazing thing. A program such as this in the United States would also probably help create some jobs. You need people to build the infrastructure and set the plans in motion.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Yep, not only do you need people build it, but then you will need local comcast, verizon, at&t, etc staff to maintain it. So in theory, that would create 100K or more permanent jobs right there, just maintaining the network.

[ManiacMatt1782]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gotmadskillzson

Yep, not only do you need people build it, but then you will need local comcast, verizon, at&t, etc staff to maintain it. So in theory, that would create 100K or more permanent jobs right there, just maintaining the network.

which sadly is the reason it won't happen here, the ceo's of these companies aren't interested in creating jobs right now. That's extra salaries to pay with no guaruntees the costs will be offset by enough new customers. I would love for all areas to have broadband, but until the mindset of ceos change, the sad reality is, it won't.

[Hooe]

Could you say that the Finnish have the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of lolz at high-speeds?



EDIT: Apparently, replacing the 'o' in lolz with a 'u' makes it not pass the profanity filter...?

[pfunk880]

Quote: Originally Posted by ManiacMatt1782

which sadly is the reason it won't happen here, the ceo's of these companies aren't interested in creating jobs right now. That's extra salaries to pay with no guaruntees the costs will be offset by enough new customers. I would love for all areas to have broadband, but until the mindset of ceos change, the sad reality is, it won't.

Yes, because CEO's mindsets shouldn't be that turning a profit is important...

[Unlucky 13]

Quote:

Yes, because CEO's mindsets shouldn't be that turning a profit is important...

Capatilism at its worst. Greed makes the USA go round, I tell ya.