In Australia the government a private company owned by the government largely owns the last mile (except where competitors built fibre first). All the backhaul

In Australia the government a private company owned by the government largely owns the last mile (except where competitors built fibre first). All the backhaul between "points of interconnect" is owned privately. As a user though you pay for bandwidth at the interchange because that's how the old privatised and divested government monopoly did it. The model, last mile public utility but all the speed private wouldn't be all that awful if it weren't butchered by various vested interests. In theory the current last mile company will be sold once it becomes profitable.