At least here in Finland the lines were put in by a government owned company. Which was then privatized and later sold to Sweden. That private company now trul

At least here in Finland the lines were put in by a government owned company. Which was then privatized and later sold to Sweden. That private company now truly owns the lines, and the government is scratching it's head because it has passed a law that broadband connection is a "universal right", and it realized that it needs the lines for crises time communications.