NPR Tech Podcast 10-21-2009
Wow! In a landmark case for Information Technology, the govt. of Finland has made broadband internet connection a legal right. Telecom companies are now REQUIRED to provide broadband connection at 1MBPS to customers. Citizens have to pay a monthly fee. While this is not a mandate for the citizens to buy broadband, this is primarily a mandate for telecom companies to provide such service. The govt. is running on the idea that broadband rates are pretty cheap, and IT is becoming more and more important not only as a business tool, but also for the general public to have to keep up with the times and be competitive and productive. There will be more and more e-services springing up, and the govt thinks it necessary that the citizens should not be left behind. By 2015, the speed of boardband will be mandated to go up to 100 MBPS.
We have been talking all semester long about IT being important in business. This only goes to show how important IT has and will become in personal lives as well!
