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		<title>Broadband Access as a Legal Right</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Graves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People & Leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband Internet access]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Startup Visa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today the Finnish government announced that it will become the first in the world to make broadband internet access a legal right of every individual in Finland. They&#8217;ll start in July of 2010 providing every person one-megabit of broadband connection with full intention to increase that to 100mb by 2015. This is an enormous first [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today the Finnish government announced that it will become the first in the world to make<a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/14/applause-for-finland-first-country-to-make-broadband-access-a-legal-right/"> broadband internet access a legal right</a> of every individual in <a class="zem_slink" title="Finland" rel="geolocation" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=60.1666666667,24.9333333333&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=60.1666666667,24.9333333333%20%28Finland%29&amp;t=h">Finland</a>.</p>
<p>They&#8217;ll start in July of 2010 providing every person one-megabit of broadband connection with full intention to increase that to <a href="http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2009/10/1mb_broadband_access_becomes_legal_right_1080940.html?origin=rss">100mb by 2015</a>. This is an enormous first step towards a future of unbelievable connectivity. Obviously, we would all say that the world is extremely well connected today, but if this law were to be passed in other countries I believe we would see unparalleled positive effects.</p>
<p>The amount of people that would benefit from a program like this around the world is staggering and it&#8217;s exciting to think about the increase in thought, sharing, innovation, productivity, and yes, entrepreneurial effort that would occur because of a change like this. A few <a href="http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/09/the-founders-visa-movement.html">startup</a> <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/foundervisa.html">pioneers</a> are pushing for something called the <a href="http://startupvisa.com/">Startup Visa</a>. My opinion has yet to be made on this issue but I sincerely believe that a &#8220;broadband for all&#8221; effort would dominate that effort in it&#8217;s affect on innovation in the States. I&#8217;d like to see those same pioneers push for something similar to this here in the US.</p>
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