Providers will need to supply connection speeds of at least 1 megabit per second . But Finland is aiming for speeds that are 100 times faster . The country has been working on the project since 2012, and in 2014 was awarded a contract worth €1.3bn (£940m) from Finland's Ministry of Transport and Communications (MIT). The law is designed to bring the Web to rural areas .
Providers will need to supply connection speeds of at least 1 megabit per second . But Finland is aiming for speeds that are 100 times faster . 95 percent of Finnish population have some sort of Internet access . The law is designed to bring the Web to rural areas .