Is this significantly different (in concept) from having electricity available to residences?Trotskygrad wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10461048.stm
Seems like a odd piece of legislation, however it shows just how pervasive the internet is these days.
Makes it seem like that they're going to have QoS issues sometime soon.
Last edited by SenorToenails (2010-07-01 08:16:19)
yeah it is, considering that electricity does not involve the problems of using it to exploit other people across the globe (not saying that finns will, but just saying (in concept)SenorToenails wrote:
Is this significantly different (in concept) from having electricity available to residences?Trotskygrad wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10461048.stm
Seems like a odd piece of legislation, however it shows just how pervasive the internet is these days.
Makes it seem like that they're going to have QoS issues sometime soon.
That few? So what will prevent people who have a cheap connection and use it sparingly from refusing to pay for their internet?It is believed up to 96% of the population are already online and that only about 4,000 homes still need connecting to comply with the law.
I think you're getting confused abit, all they're doing is ensuring all houses/dwellings/shacks/whatever in Finland have the ability to acquire a decent broadband connection. It's upto the person to then subscribe to an ISP and all that shit.Phrozenbot wrote:
That few? So what will prevent people who have a cheap connection and use it sparingly from refusing to pay for their internet?It is believed up to 96% of the population are already online and that only about 4,000 homes still need connecting to comply with the law.
Wait, what? This is just an availability of a utility measure, is it not? What you DO with that utility is up to you. And besides, electricity is needed for the computers to function on the internet...so I suppose you could argue in the same fashion that it does...but it's a shitty argument.Trotskygrad wrote:
yeah it is, considering that electricity does not involve the problems of using it to exploit other people across the globe (not saying that finns will, but just saying (in concept)
Which just means that although you won't pay for your specific line install, everyone will pay out the ass for their monthly bill.TheDonkey wrote:
I'm assuming what this bill says is that ISP's MUST provide Broadband to all parts of the country without installation fees and crap, you'd just pay for the service.
I think the small number of people without broadband there was what inspired the bill to start with. Once a utility becomes that common, then it's often assumed that everyone should have access to it.Phrozenbot wrote:
That few? So what will prevent people who have a cheap connection and use it sparingly from refusing to pay for their internet?It is believed up to 96% of the population are already online and that only about 4,000 homes still need connecting to comply with the law.