There’s a huge difference in 100 Mbps to an apartment complex to single family homes. Also, 100 Mbps is the burst speed which is difficult to sustain in an apartment complex.

Reggefiber in The Netherlands is an open network by its own choice. It has several operators operating over its network. It had this already before it was regulated and it now that it is regulated this is still the case and it isn’t opposing this regulation as it is good for business. The businesscase for Regge isn’t about services. the businesscase is a pure real estate play and in real estate you don’t care about the business of your tenants as long as they pay the rent. Oh btw one of its service providers is offering 200mbit/s symmetrical internet.

KPN the Dutch incumbent has publicly stated it is happy to run an open access DSL network and has stated that opposing the opening of the network was a bad business decision.

The same goes for the Stokab network in Stockholm, which is an open access network.

Also have a look at Free.fr in France, who are in favor of open networks and who offer a highly competitive network at 100mbit/s and yes they do deliver on their promises.

Oh well.. you wanted a discussion based on facts… don’t look to Europe, they will mess up your opinions. :-)

You are being too generous to Google by using their 2008 capex figures. In 2009 they “went to the mattresses” and reduced their capex down to $809 million.