amazon2

3 ms·

1. 1.▲
   by amazon2 10y ago

   Sweden had 98,5% xDSL coverage in 2011 and aims for 90% coverage of 100 Mbps service by 2020.
2. 2.▲
   by amazon2 10y ago

   People still live in the countryside. Rural areas aren't some uninhabited wilderness. If your aim is to provide broadband to all, you'll have to build there too. Sweden aims to do 100 Mbps to 90% of the population by 2020. Can&#x2
3. 3.▲
   by amazon2 10y ago

   > If you compare paved roads only, the U.S. and Sweden have the same linear density That's a fair point. > And even then, it's much less expensive to connect two dense urban areas at either end of a 100 mile road than to ser
4. 4.▲
   by amazon2 10y ago

   They might pay, if they got to chose their provider freely like they can in Sweden, where they build open access networks where any ISP can provide service.
5. 5.▲
   by amazon2 10y ago

   That's an interesting observation. I wonder if that 99.6% figure is a mistake or if they use a different coverage definition for wireless, because the numbers don't add up. Looking at the map, the northernmost county has barely an