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3: Sweden

Efforts by municipalities to bring fiber-optic connections straight to people's homes are paying dividends in the Scandinavian country. The number of high-speed broadband connections in Sweden surged 42% in the first quarter of 2009 from a year earlier.

Greater than 5 Mbps: 49%
5-10 Mbps: 33%
10-15 Mbps: 8%
15-20 Mbps: 3%
20-25 Mbps: 2%
Greater than 25 Mbps: 3%

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