The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't

A small island's municipal committee explored options to bring proper broadband because incumbents offered DSL or coaxial with high prices.

The municipality had no capital, so a counselor arranged a press release claiming investigation of undersea municipal fiber.

After seeing a potential municipal project, a cable company deployed its own undersea fiber, and commenters debated whether this showed competition or market manipulation.