[agentdrtran]

were we ever promised high-speed (fiber) internet everywhere or was that always a pipe dream?

[alex_duf]

That's heavily dependent on where you live. We're getting high speed internet pretty much everywhere in France. It's a program full of controversies, but here I am in a 3k inhabitant village with a 10gbps connection for 40€ a month... (Yes, 10Gbps, I'm throttled by my gigabit ethernet)

If you can't get fiber here you get a subsidised 4G / 5G router for a very reasonable price.