The government of Finland has become the first in the world to make internet access a legal right. According to the Guardian, the Finish Ministry of Transport and Communications has approved a law mandating that all Finish citizens have access to high-speed Internet by next July. Under the new legislation, telecommunications companies must provide Finland’s 5.3 million citizens with at least a 1 megabyte-per-second connection. According to Finish Communications Minister Suvi Linden, plans are being discussed to make 100 megabyte-per-second Internet available by 2015.

But there must be more to the story than is being reported. For one, if Internet is a legal right, why would anyone chose to pay for the service any more? And if consumers stop paying for what is now free, would that not remove profits from the Internet providers? With profits gone the companies would surely go bankrupt. After all, they are not practicing charity.

I  like these and the ones with a (C) hubby okayed

Ambrose, Apollo, Arnold, Arthur,

Barnaby (C), Bartholomew, Baxter (C), Bede, Benedict, Bruno,

Cosmo,

Dante (C), Denver, Dexter(C),

Edward,Elias (C), Elliot (C), Emerson (C), Emmett(C), Evan (C), Evander, Ezra (C),

Ferdinand, Felix (C), Fergus (C), Finlan, Fletcher,

George,

Harvey, Heath (C), Henry, Homer,

Ivor,

Jasper(C), Jethro, Joel, Jonah, Jude, Julian (C),

Keanu, Keaton,

Leo, Luther,

Marley, Mateo, Meyer, Milo,

Noah(C), Noam,

Oakley, Orlan(C), Orlando(C), Oscar (C), Otto (C),

Pepin,

Roan,Rowan (C), Rufus, Rupert (C),

Samson, Saul, Sean, Solomon,

Tennyson(C), Theodore (C),

Vaughn, Vann,

Wetherby,

Xanthus, Xenos,

Zakai, Zebediah (C), Zed, Zenos, Zeus.

Att få finnarna att supa mindre är en kampanj som pågår hett i Finland. Detta genom att man afficherar om unga i pinsamma situationer. Bl a en tjej som står och spyr i sin egen handväska. På You Tube kan man även se videon om en tjej som sitter på gatan och kissar. Kampanjen ser faktiskt ganska häftig ut och säkert att många unga tycker det. Sedan får man ju bara hoppas att dom tar till sig budskapet. http://www.kannissa-olet-aalio.fi/

Jag tycker att man har allt för sällan dessa kampanjer. T ex i Australienkör dom kampanj mot rökning. I tv- och mediareklam visas mycket starka bilder på folk som fått cancer och den jag minns med skräck är bilden på en uppskuren hjärna hos en som rökt. Jag var /är överlycklig för att jag inte röker!

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