And That ISPs Must Pay Compensation for
Outages
by Karl Bode Friday 25-Jan-2013 DSLReports
Tipped by AndyDufresne
A German Judge has ruled that broadband subscribers have the
right to receive compensation from their ISP for outages because Internet
connectivity is an "essential" part of life. As Reuters
notes, under German law the loss of use of essential material items can be
compensated, though one German DSL subscriber was struggling to get compensation
for a two month outage. The ruling comes a few years after both France and
Finland declared broadband to be a
right for every citizen. Here in the States (and in our comment section),
we've been bickering over whether broadband should be classified an essential
right, a luxury, or a utility for much of this
decade.
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