Starting next July, every person in Finland will have the right to a one-megabit broadband connection, says the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Finland is the world's first country to create laws guaranteeing broadband access.
The government had already decided to make a 100 Mb broadband connection a legal right by the end of 2015. On Wednesday, the Ministry announced the new goal as an intermediary step.
Some variation will be allowed, if connectivity can be arranged through mobile phone networks.
Schools in different parts of the country sent messages to parents via the Wilma messaging system, urging them to discuss the matter with their children.
A quarter of a million people were out of work in Finland last month, with youth unemployment climbing to 26 percent.
Finland applied to join the Nato alliance in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.