In Spain, internet access shall soon be a constitutional right

Starting in January, 2011, every Spanish citizen shall have a constitutional right to internet access at a minimum speed of 1 Mbps.

According to El Pais, the Madrid government decided to turn the telecommunications industry into a de facto guardian for Spanish people’s cyber rights. It may be the first legislation of its kind in the world.
Who ever said Spaniards were behind the times?

Perhaps the first issue of a cyber bill of rights, nobody knows anything now except that after decades of isolation, the Spanish have learned that shutting themselves off from the world is not an effective strategy.

It’ll probably work out well for Telefónica.

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