According to a New Zealand Herald report, German-born and New Zealand-based Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom - the 38-year-old founder of the Megaupload file storage site - has put forth a proposal for providing `free' broadband access to all households in New Zealand.

Dotcom, whose real name is Kim Schmitz, is currently facing extradition to the US on account of piracy charges resulting from his alleged involvement in the distribution of copyright-protected films, music and other content on the Megaupload site --- an involvement which helped him net a fortune of over $100 million.

As per the New Zealand Herald report, the plan which Dotcom has put forward is that broadband services should be supplied `free' to domestic users; and only enterprise and government users should be charged for the services.

Detailing his proposal, Dotcom said that, so far as his share of the capital is concerned, the amount will be financed by the lawsuits against the US government and Hollywood film studios for their "unlawful and political destruction" of his Megaupload business.

Noting that one of the biggest advantages for New Zealand is that the country has "clean and cheap energy," Dotcom said that the proposal forwarded by him can potentially play a significant role in the country's future prosperity.

Further adding that "power is becoming the biggest cost factor for