The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't
Summary
The article argues that Switzerland achieves high-speed, competitively priced internet through a four-fiber, point-to-point, open-access infrastructure model, contrasted with the US and Germany's overbuild and territorial monopolies. It explains the natural monopoly concept, recent regulatory actions against Swisscom for moving to a shared architecture, and policy steps to replicate open access and dedicated fiber deployment for true competition.