
Finland! Not only they have great universal health care—including dental—great public daycare, and great public education at all levels, but now they also got broadband as a legal right provided to every citizen. And not any crappy broadband.
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The policy will be active in July 2010, when every Finn will get a one-megabit connection. But that's just an intermediate step towards their final goal: By 2015, everyone will have a 100Mbps—yes, a hundred megabits per second—available.
Now, before the political debate starts in the comments, please watch this.
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So what if it comes out of their taxes. Americans pay taxes too and where the hell does that money go to? I still pay healthcare, I still have to pay a crap load for college, no public transportation,etc. At least they see the benefits everyday when they pay taxes.