Regarding France, you do end up with a ton of options. For instance, in Paris, you have multiple DSL providers, multiple fiber providers and typically one cable

Regarding France, you do end up with a ton of options. For instance, in Paris, you have multiple DSL providers, multiple fiber providers and typically one cable provider. The French Government laid out ton of dark fiber in the past decades across the entire country and ISPs are using it (http://www.telcite.fr/?lang=en http://www.telcite.fr/?lang=en for instance). Network performance may vary between ISPs (ex https://gigaom.com/2013/01/02/youtube-sucks-on-french-isp-free-french-regulators-want-to-know-why/ https://gigaom.com/2013/01/02/youtube-sucks-on-french-isp-fr...) Most French ISPs throw in TV and home phone for free, so depending on which ISPs you pick, you'll get different set of channels. You can also bundle mobile phone service etc.