The Swedish part of AMPRNet [0] has some ambitions to be a fallback in case of a crisis[1]. It seems cheaper and easier (a bit of an understatement) to deploy and repair, in case it gets attacked.

0: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMPRNet

1: https://amprnet.se/images/Kriskommunikation-2014-01-27.pdf