The model in South Africa is extremely similar: single country-wide governmental telco/last mile (Telkom) and competing private ISPs. It doesn't work at all. My 10Mb ADSL is currently sitting at 6Mb because of "line optimization." Resolving the last issue on my line took 8 months. I pay €65 for this because there is no other choice. We have a moniker for this pit of incompetence: "Hellkom."

As we speak, private ISPs are rolling out their own fibre-to-the-home in order to break loose of Hellkom. Hellkom is responding by launching their own FTTH packages that are 3x the cost and have caps that can be depleted in a day.

What works for the Swedish will not work for everyone.