The report which is referenced by Endgaget says about fiber penetration in Sweden: "Fiber and fiber-LAN networks have a slightly bigger share of the market

The report which is referenced by Endgaget says about fiber penetration in Sweden: "Fiber and fiber-LAN networks have a slightly bigger share of the market than cable, holding 14% and 13%, respectively. Sweden trails only South Korea and Japan in household fiber penetration rates.” "Municipal networks alone control 20 to 25% of the coverage. Among the more than 150 local fiber/LAN networks in 2008, a majority are owned by municipal authorities or municipally run companies.” And I think this is probably one of the key factors to high fiber penetration. My local government owns the fiber, and I paid to connect to it from my house, so I own the last 40 meters. :) And now I can chose from seven companies offering IP services (four which offer services for homes, the others are company offerings only) and four which offer digital-TV services. 92% of apartments in our local community are connected to the fiber network and 37% of the individual houses are. The other houses are likely to use DSL.