[bjelkeman-again]

Hmmm. "All-white like Sweden", is a poor way of describing Sweden.

"As of 2011, Statistics Sweden reported that around 19.6% or 1.858.000 inhabitants of Sweden had foreign background, defined as born abroad or born in Sweden by two parents born abroad." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Sweden#Immigr...

That said, I think that the fact that the Swedish regulatory and legislative process isn't captured by commercial interests in the same way it is in the US, is the key thing that has allowed Sweden to move ahead with good broadband.

[kalleboo]

Although of those born abroad, only 40% were born outside of the EU, so you'll probably have to cut your number in half

[scrollaway]

Are you seriously arguing to which extent Sweden is not actually racist enough to base its investments into internet technology on merit rather than skin color? What?

[bjelkeman-again]

I think maybe kalkeboo meant that half of the Swedish immigration was by people he considered "white".