I'm in the UK on a 900Mbps symmetric for £40 a month. Turns out regulation can be a good thing - first of all, OpenReach (the infrastructure part of BT that wa

I'm in the UK on a 900Mbps symmetric for £40 a month. Turns out regulation can be a good thing - first of all, OpenReach (the infrastructure part of BT that was split up post privatisation) are regulated in how much they can charge other providers for last mile FTTP/C[1] But then there's also Access to Infrastructure regulation[2], which means duct and pole access isn't up to the telco's (and after all, existing infra was publicly funded, and new infra is often paid for by housing developers). This means I have 2 providers of FTTP to my property - CityFibre and OpenReach (and a third offering DOCSIS cable in Virgin Media). These combined have led to a thriving market with genuine competition. Whilst most ISP's use the two providers with the most footprint (OpenReach and CityFibre) they compete on things like technical chops (AAISP), Price (the PlusNets of the world) and a mix of the two (Zen). Regulation, when well designed, leads to more competitive markets. [1] https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/telecoms-infrastructure/2021-26-wholesale-fixed-telecoms-market-review https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/telecoms-infra... [2] https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/700/contents https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/700/contents