That's also how Romania is (or at least was) one of countries with fast and cheap internet. It started with the government telco not being interested in Intern

That's also how Romania is (or at least was) one of countries with fast and cheap internet. It started with the government telco not being interested in Internet. So people started running Ethernet cables, first to neighbors, then to other buildings. It started as having local networks to share files. Eventually those network got connected to Internet. If the price or quality of service provided is not satisfactory they can switch to another ISP. The bad part as you said is the huge number of ugly looking wires[1] [1] https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-many-internet-cables-on-lamp-post-in-bucharest-romania-36410414.html https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-many-internet-cables-on-la...