Internet 'seen as a fundamental right'

Around eight in every ten adults in the UK see internet access as a fundamental right, following a new survey by BBC Worldwide conducted across 26 countries in the world.

Polling over 27,000 adults, it was found that 87 per cent of internet users felt that access to the internet was a "fundamental right of all people", and seven in ten non-users believed they should have the right to access it.

It was noted that Finland and Estonia in particular have already ruled that internet is a human right, even though the UK government is pushing its Digital Economy Bill to deliver universal broadband by 2012 but push illegal downloaders away from the web.

Faster internet speeds are also expected to boost the likes of business management software, which is now regularly run solely through the internet.

Michael Phillips, product director at Broadbandchoices.co.uk, said of the survey: "The internet offers a host of benefits. As well as keeping you connected with friends and family around the world using social networking sites, you can also make free internet telephone and even video calls using services like Skype."

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