Same here in France, both for copper lines — a.k.a "dégroupage" — and FTTH — a.k.a "mutualisation". The first one was imposed to lift the monopoly of France Té

Same here in France, both for copper lines — a.k.a "dégroupage" — and FTTH — a.k.a "mutualisation". The first one was imposed to lift the monopoly of France Télécom (then the universal telecom public service, now Orange), while the second one was imposed not to repeat mistakes made when cable operators created local monopolies by negotiating cable installation at discounted prices with syndicated building owners or neighborhoods (Of course prices went through the roof once the monopoly was in place, and up again when one ended up buying them all). Pragmatic result: I'm paying 35€/mo for 100Mb/50Mb (incl. TV/IP and landline/IP), due for an upgrade to 300Mb/100Mb.