I'm paying $50/mo for 1Gb in the US. I thought I was doing well

I am paying 13€/mo for 600M down, 60M up, unlimited (France). The plan is actually 1Gb but this cannot be reached in my flat.

But the Internet is slow and/or unreliable in many places in the country side, when available at all. We are far from having these speed on average across the country.

... and then put a wifi router in front of it, am I right?

Sweden is the size of California.

True. It also has one quarter the population too.