Zagreb , 01/07/2010

From today, the Finish have another new human right – right of Internet access with minimal permitted speed of 1 megabyte per second. Finland, a country where 96% of its citizens are Internet users, so became the first country in the world to recognise access to fast Internet as human right. It has also undertaken to complete optical infrastructure by 2015 and in that manner to increase the speed to 100 megabyte per second.

By recognising Internet access as one of fundamental human rights, Finland has become the first country in the world to enable its citizens the use of fast Internet. Form today, all telecommunication operators are obliged to secure infrastructure supporting at least 1 megabyte to each interested citizen,

While in France and Great Britain, there have been announcements of complete disconnection or limitation of Internet access to those users who continuously and considerably download music and films, Finland will send written reprimands to such users, without complete disconnection of Internet access.