The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't (sschueller.github.io)

The article argues that Switzerland’s very fast, dedicated fiber internet stems less from “free markets” and more from regulator-enforced open access to shared physical infrastructure. It contrasts this with Germany’s “overbuild” (competing networks that waste resources) and the U.S. model of provider territories and shared capacity that limits real-world speeds and choice. Using Switzerland’s four-fiber, point-to-point design and subsequent regulatory action against Swisscom’s move toward shared architecture, the author concludes that natural-monopoly infrastructure performs best when oversight ensures competitors can access the fiber itself.