Free broadband comes to Spain and Finland - FierceTelecom

Once again, the Europeans are one-upping the Americans on the broadband delivery front. While the U.S. remains embroiled in arguments on how it should realign the Universal Service Fund (USF) to subsidize voice services in rural markets, the Finnish and Spanish governments are thinking broadband should be part of a universal service mandate.

The two countries have set a common goal: by 2011 any resident in Finland or Spain will be able to get an affordably-priced 1 Mbps connection...