I am not sure about now but accordingly to what my friend told me at the end of 90s and in the beginning of 2000s in Russia they would wire whole apartment buil

I am not sure about now but accordingly to what my friend told me at the end of 90s and in the beginning of 2000s in Russia they would wire whole apartment buildings as a very fast LAN with P2P capabilities. So if you urgently needed to download whatever there was very good chance that your request will not cross boundary of said LAN.