Re this report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6900
Is there anyone here from or living in Sweden, Korea or Finland who can give some idea of how much a 100mpbs broadband internet connection would cost?
Your link gives a 404. I wouldn’t 100 mbps is common in Sweden. Most people get ADSL with speeds up to 24 mbps down and 1 mbps or 20 down and 3 up.
You can get 100 mbps if you live in a tenant ownership for about $50/month and most companies doesn’t force you to sign up for year-long subscriptions anymore.
I have ADSL 20/3 and pay $50 per month also.
I have middle-of-the-road cable service and get 5 Mb/s down and 0.6 Mb/s (I think) up for CAD 45 per month. Bother. We Canadians are still behind. (There are some places in Toronto that have 100 Mb/s fibre to the home, but they’re mostly luxury condos downtown.
On the contrary of what Juggler says, I have got the impression that such connections are very common here in Sweden. For a few summers I have worked for a company to install fiber-optic broadband networks to many residence areas, and work is now thinning out since there are not many new areas to install at (the city has a population of over 100k, which is not considered small here 
). In the city I live in, I believe that they are very widespread. Most people I know have 100 Mbps connections, or 10 Mbps for the areas which got their connections earlier (8 years ago or so). Although, many such areas with slower connections have upgraded since that, one example being where my parents live.
None of these areas that I speak of are luxurious, not nearly. Some networks we have installed are in villages on the countryside, and others in regular residence areas for normal mortals. As for the fees, I have the impression that they are roughly between 15 and 23 USD per month (100-150 SEK) for a 100 Mbps connetion. As an example, the residence area where my parents live, upgraded from 10 Mbps to 100 Mbps about two years ago. Their new contract was for three years (for the residence area’s association, not for a resident), and included new fiber-optic switches to replace the old Cisco’s. After their contract runs out, all active equipment will belong to the association. This was all implemented, and still allowed for lowering the monthly feels slightly - though still within the range posted above.
Of course, I will not say that it is like this everywhere in Sweden, but it is what I have seen in my city. It doesn’t surprise me that it is worse in other parts of the country, like Juggler describes. ADSL connections are quite a bit more expensive, and slower also, so most people here avoid them if possible.
Faster, and cheaper!
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