True Gentleman in The Windy City
Uncategorized
Ryan’s Birthday
Jul 29th
We did a short writeup on our main blog, but we've saved the photos and details for Cooler by the Lake. First, we have a somewhat unwritten code of "Work hard, play hard" that we go by. We're up all hours of the day working for clients, ourselves, researching new solutions, networking, etc. With Ryan's birthday we had a nice excuse to step away from the computers for a night and just enjoy the company and nice weather.
Some of our office mates joined us (Thanks Rob, Lisa and James!) as well as some of Ryan's friends, LSB partners and even a client stopped by for the festivities. It was a fun night spending time outside of the office with really great people and just enjoying life in Chicago. Of course the half-priced wine didn't hurt matters, either.
Today Finland officially becomes first nation to make broadband a legal right
Jul 23rd
Today Finland officially becomes first nation to make broadband a legal right
By Chad Catacchio Follow Chad Catacchio on twitter on July 1st, 2010
Starting today (July 1), every Finnish citizen now has a guaranteed legal right to a least a 1Mbps broadband connection, putting it on the same footing as other legal rights in the country such as healthcare and education.
As we reported last year, Finland was the first nation in the world to pass this type of legislation, followed by Spain in November.
The Finish government has promised guaranteed speeds of 100Mbps by 2015 for all of its citizens, and currently about 97% of Finns already have access to broadband connections.
As our @Zee mentioned last year: “the fast growth of technology has led the European Commission to bring forward a review of the basic telecoms services Europeans can expect.”
And as this blog points out:
“This is no mean feat in a geographically challenging region, with a quarter of the country lying above the Arctic Circle. The country has followed the Scandinavian trend of fixed-to-mobile migration, with increasing numbers of citizens choosing to bypass the limitations of fixed-line telecoms and Internet for mobile-only connectivity.”
Finland’s communication minister Suvi Linden told the BBC that, “We considered the role of the internet in Finns everyday life. Internet services are no longer just for entertainment.”
So there you have it, broadband access to the Internet is now officially a legal right in one country at least. Here’s hoping the word spreads.
About the Author
Chad Catacchio
Chad Catacchio is a lead writer at The Next Web. He has held management positions at a number of tech companies in the US, as well as 7 years in China in market research and tech management consulting. Follow him on Twitter @chadcat, or contact through email at chad@thenextweb.com.
via thenextweb.com
Wow this is an interesting move by a government.
